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> [Film’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot-the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/film-s-thought-of-as-a-director-s-medium-because-the-director-creates/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

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## More by Billy Wilder

> [If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/if-there-s-anything-i-hate-more-than-not-being-taken-seriously-it-s/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [I just always think, 'Do I like it?' And if I like it, maybe other people will come and like it too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/i-just-always-think-do-i-like-it-and-if-i-like-it-maybe-other-people/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/helen-you-ve-got-talent-and-ambition-don-talent-ambition-that-s-dead/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/an-actor-entering-through-the-door-you-ve-got-nothing-but-if-he/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [I hate that word. It's return--a return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting the screen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/i-hate-that-word-it-s-return-a-return-to-the-millions-of-people-who/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/the-more-subtle-and-elegant-you-are-in-hiding-your-plot-points-the/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/when-chaplin-found-a-voice-to-say-what-was-on-his-mind-he-was-like-a/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [I, you know, am all over the place — every category of pictures I have made, good, bad or indifferent. I could not make,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/i-you-know-am-all-over-the-place-every-category-of-pictures-i-have/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/love-is-the-hardest-thing-in-the-world-to-write-about-so-simple-you/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/if-you-don-t-like-what-you-re-doing-it-s-unlikely-anyone-else-will/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/i-have-ten-commandments-the-first-nine-are-thou-shalt-not-bore-the/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [I just made pictures I would've liked to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/i-just-made-pictures-i-would-ve-liked-to-see/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [Money makes even bastards legitimate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/money-makes-even-bastards-legitimate/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [After so many drive-in waitresses becoming movie stars, there has been this real drought, when along come class; somebody who actually went to school,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/after-so-many-drive-in-waitresses-becoming-movie-stars-there-has-been/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

> [I'm delighted with it, because it used to be that films were the lowest form of art. Now we've got something to look down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/i-m-delighted-with-it-because-it-used-to-be-that-films-were-the/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

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