American - Director | June 22, 1906 - March 27, 2002
He has Van Gogh's ear for music.
Billy Wilder
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It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful.
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If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.
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My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?
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Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.
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Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.
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Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.
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Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.
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We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.
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I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel.
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What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.
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I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.
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