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

Quote by Billy Wilder

Topics: Billy Wilder Quotes

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...

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'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.

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,...

Agents are like tires on a car; in order to get anywhere at all, you...

Agents are like tires on a car; in order to get anywhere at all, you...

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

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

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'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.

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....

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...

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.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

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...

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

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.

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...

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

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'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.