What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films.

Quote by Billy Wilder

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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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

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...

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.

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...

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

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

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

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.

Hollywood - that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

Hollywood - that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

If we have to tell Hollywood good-by, it may be with one of those tender,...

If we have to tell Hollywood good-by, it may be with one of those tender,...