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

Quote by Billy Wilder

Topics: Hollywood Quotes

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,...

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...

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...

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labor in the same vineyard as those...

The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labor in the same vineyard as those...