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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We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

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...

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 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...

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

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 would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel.

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

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.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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.

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...