I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.

Quote by Billy Wilder

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

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

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming...

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming...

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the...

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the...

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it...

They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is,...

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is,...

Perhaps it's getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her....

Perhaps it's getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her....

I've met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

I've met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.

Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.

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

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

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

One's too many, and a hundred's not enough.

One's too many, and a hundred's not enough.

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now...

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now...

It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful.

It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel.

I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel.