It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now we have something to look down on. (Of Television)

Quote by Billy Wilder

Topics: Television Quotes

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....

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

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.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

On cable TV they have a weather channel - 24 hours of weather. We had...

On cable TV they have a weather channel - 24 hours of weather. We had...

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

I never did very well in mathI could never seem to persuade the teacher that...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

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...