Family Quote by William Wyler

Pictures that will live on for years, like 'The Birth of a Nation' and 'Gone With the Wind,' had great historical events in the…

— William Wyler

There's only one prima donna in my pictures, and that's me!

— William Wyler

When beautiful movie stars allow themselves to look terrible, people think they're really acting.

— William Wyler

The trouble with Hollywood is that too many of the top people responsible for pictures are too comfortable and don't give a damn about…

— William Wyler

Confusion seems to have become the vogue of European directors.

— William Wyler

There is nothing clever about confusion.

— William Wyler

If anybody doubts my loyalty to my country, I'll punch him in the nose, and I don't care how old he is.

— William Wyler

Everything a director does must help the story and the performances. Otherwise, it is useless.

— William Wyler

I'm accused constantly of having 'no signature.' That's the big artistic demerit. You can't tell a Wyler film from another man's film just by…

— William Wyler

If we must have the Production Code, then I think the only way to use it effectively is to judge a film as a…

— William Wyler

[Making movies is] 80% script and 20% getting great actors. There's nothing else to it.

— William Wyler

I'm delighted that 'The Sound of Music' is doing so well. Of course, it's an infallible piece of material. Even when second- and third-rate…

— William Wyler