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Billy Wilder Quotes

Billy Wilder quotes

American Director June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002

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Billy Wilder quote: "What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in..."
What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films. Billy Wilder
An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world..."
The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign..."
Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man...."
Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man. Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect. Billy Wilder
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. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel."
I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a..."
I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not..."
I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up..."
My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie? Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "If there's anything I hate more than not being taken..."
If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if..."
An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the..."
Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "One's too many, and a hundred's not enough."
One's too many, and a hundred's not enough. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder quote: "That's the trouble with you readers. You know all the plots."
That's the trouble with you readers. You know all the plots. Billy Wilder

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