Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.
– Billy Wilder
I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.
– Billy Wilder
Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town. I have never met anybody as mean as Marilyn Monroe or as utterly fabulous on the screen.
– Billy Wilder
Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.
– Billy Wilder
Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.
– Billy Wilder
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.
– Billy Wilder
You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
– Billy Wilder
The best director is the one you don't see.
– Billy Wilder
If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.
– Billy Wilder
Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.
– Billy Wilder
France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper.