Quotes by Billy Wilder

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Filmmaker · American · 1906–2002

American filmmaker (1906–2002)

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“Hindsight is always zo/20.”

“He has Van Goghs ear for music.”

“He has Van Gogh's ear for music.”

“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.”

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

“Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.”

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“He has Van Goghs ear for music.”

— Billy Wilder

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“Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man.Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.”

— Billy Wilder, Some Like It Hot

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“He has Van Gogh's ear for music.”

— Billy Wilder

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

— Billy Wilder

Funny People You

“Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.”

— Billy Wilder

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“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.”

— Billy Wilder

Mistakes Well Instinct

“France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper.”

— Billy Wilder

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“A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.”

— Billy Wilder

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“France is the only country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper.”

— Billy Wilder

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

— Billy Wilder

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“Hindsight is always zo/20.”

— Billy Wilder

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“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.”

— Billy Wilder

classic-insult music

“Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man.Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.”

— Billy Wilder

films jack-lemmon movies perfection

“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of someone else's.”

— Billy Wilder

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