She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift. Believe me, in the last fifteen years there were ten projects that came to me, and I'd start working… — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her. Well, let me be courageous. I have never met anybody as mean as Marilyn Monroe . . . nor as utterly fabulous on the screen. — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously. — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
I just always think, 'Do I like it?' And if I like it, maybe other people will come and like it too. — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
Helen: You've got talent and ambition. Don: Talent? Ambition? That's dead long ago. That's drowned. That's drifting around with a bloated belly on a… — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation. — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
I hate that word. It's return--a return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting the screen. — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer. — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
When Chaplin found a voice to say what was on his mind, he was like a child of eight writing lyrics for Beethoven's Ninth. — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
I, you know, am all over the place — every category of pictures I have made, good, bad or indifferent. I could not make,… — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
Love is the hardest thing in the world to write about. So simple. You've got to catch it through details, like the early morning… — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first. — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut. — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
