You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

Quote by Billy Wilder

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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...

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...

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...

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.

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...

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...

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.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the...

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the...

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.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.

If you're not going to tell me your secret, don't tell me you have one.

If you're not going to tell me your secret, don't tell me you have one.

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the...

I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the...