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

Quote by Billy Wilder

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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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

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

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

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.

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.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick...

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick...

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and...

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask,...