Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

Quote by Billy Wilder

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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.

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.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

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...

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

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

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.

If there's anything I hate more than being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.

If there's anything I hate more than being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.

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 would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel.

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

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....

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't...

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't...

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.

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't...

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't...

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.

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.

I kind of like things slightly out of tune. It makes me feel... intoxicated almost......

I kind of like things slightly out of tune. It makes me feel... intoxicated almost......

Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place.

Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place.

Hollywood died on me as soon as I got there.

Hollywood died on me as soon as I got there.