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Quotes by Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

“Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.”

Billy Wilder

“This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.”

Billy Wilder

“What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.”

Billy Wilder

“You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.”

Billy Wilder

“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone elses.”

Billy Wilder

“If theres anything I hate more than being taken seriously, its being taken too seriously.”

Billy Wilder

“No good deed goes unpunished.”

Billy Wilder

“A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.”

Billy Wilder

“Id worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.”

Billy Wilder

“France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you cant tear the toilet paper”

Billy Wilder

He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.

Billy Wilder

Jerry: Oh, you dont understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... Im a man.Osgood: Well, nobodys perfect.

Billy Wilder

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

Billy Wilder

France is the only country where the money falls apart and you cant tear the toilet paper.

Billy Wilder

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

Billy Wilder

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of someone elses.

Billy Wilder

Hindsight is always zo/20.

Billy Wilder

He has Van Goghs ear for music.

Billy Wilder

If youre going to tell people the truth, be funny or theyll kill you.

Billy Wilder

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

Billy Wilder