Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man. Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.
Billy WilderTrust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.
Billy WilderI hate that word. It's return--a return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting the screen.
Billy WilderFilm’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot-the telephone book? Writers became much more important when sound came in, but they’ve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.
Billy Wilder