My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?

Quote by Billy Wilder

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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...

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

Perhaps it's getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her....

Perhaps it's getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her....

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

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

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'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.

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...

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.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

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.

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...

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.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

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...

One's too many, and a hundred's not enough.

One's too many, and a hundred's not enough.

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.

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it...

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

By doubting we come at truth.

By doubting we come at truth.