We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

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.

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

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

Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town....

Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town....

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,...

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...

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.

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...

Agents are like tires on a car; in order to get anywhere at all, you...

Agents are like tires on a car; in order to get anywhere at all, you...

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

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'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.

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.

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...

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.

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....

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...

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.

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.

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.