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> [Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man. Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/jerry-oh-you-don-t-understand-osgood-ehhhh-i-m-a-man-osgood-well/)

[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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