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

Billy Wilder

Work

Trying

Will

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.

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

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

Billy Wilder

Dream

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

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

Billy Wilder

Music

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

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

Billy Wilder

Being

Hate

I've met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes.

Billy Wilder

Time

I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.

Billy Wilder

Worship

I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel.

Billy Wilder

Sleep

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.

Billy Wilder

First

Right

It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful.

Billy Wilder

Time

Hell

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Billy Wilder

Hindsight

My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?

Billy Wilder

Production