Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Quote by Billy Wilder

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He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

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.

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...

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.

My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would...

My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in...

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in...

On his running for California Governor: It's the most important decision I've had to make...

On his running for California Governor: It's the most important decision I've had to make...

Robert Redford used to be such a handsome man and now look at him: everything...

Robert Redford used to be such a handsome man and now look at him: everything...