I've met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

Quote by Billy Wilder

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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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

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.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 the country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet...

France is the country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet...

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.