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

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...

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 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,...

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

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.

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.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

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 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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...