Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906–March 27, 2002) had a career as a screenwriter, film director and producer that spanned more than 50 years and more than 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant film-makers during Hollywood's golden age and many of his films achieved both critical and public acclaim.

Quotes

• "You have to have a dream so that you can get up in the morning."
• "My English is a mixture between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Archbishop Tutu."
• "A bad play folds and is forgotten, but in pictures we don't bury our dead. When you think it's out of your system, your daughter sees it on television and says, My father is an idiot."
• "I just made pictures I would've liked to see."
• "Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts."
• "Journalism ain't good" (Ace in the Hole)
• "Nobody is perfect." (Some Like it Hot)
• "Shut up and deal." (The Apartment)