Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town. I have never met anybody as mean as Marilyn Monroe or as utterly fabulous on the screen.

Quote by Billy Wilder

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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.

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.

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.

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.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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.

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...

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political...

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political...

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had...