An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius.

Quote by Billy Wilder

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Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

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...

What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.

What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.

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

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

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

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...

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

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

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

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...

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...

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

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.

What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.

What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.

Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town....

Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town....

It will work. I am a marketing genius.

It will work. I am a marketing genius.

I don't really think, I just walk.

I don't really think, I just walk.

When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray

When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray

After an acquaintance of ten minutes many women will exchange confidences that a man would...

After an acquaintance of ten minutes many women will exchange confidences that a man would...