109 Quotes by Billy Wilder

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now we have something to look down on. (Of Television)

If there's anything I hate more than being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.

I just thought here is comedy, here is tragedy. That is the way life is. I just tried to do it true to life.

Agents are like tires on a car; in order to get anywhere at all, youneed at least four of them, and they need to be rotated every 5,000 miles.

The ultimate trick is to convince, persuade. Every single person out there is an idiot, but collectively they’re a genius.

If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you.

When Chaplin found a voice to say what was on his mind, he was like a child of eight writing lyrics for Beethoven’s Ninth.

They’ve tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won’t work. She was an original.

Don’t be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.