Billy Wilder Quotes

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

Billy Wilder

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• I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • Life
  • Family
  • Happy

• My father had a lot of allergies, and he just didn't like the cold of Chicago, and his father - his parents had broken up when he was young, and his father had lived in Pasadena for a while, and he kind of fell in love with Southern California.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Father
  • Parents
  • Young

• Boats are something I am very, very passionate about; cars are something I grew up with... I used to race cars since I was a child.

  

  Gautam Singhania
  • Child
  • Race
  • Passionate

• My God, I don't know anyone who likes to accumulate their wealth more than the Europeans.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • God
  • Know
  • Wealth

• Shallow communities are relatively easy to build.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Easy
  • Build
  • Shallow

• Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk bands that were fast and tight.

  

  Vic Fuentes
  • Up
  • Good
  • Remember

• A fantasy of mine is to do a podcast that's Marcel Marceau and I, and you only hear me laughing at him and trying to figure out what he's doing.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Laughing
  • Fantasy
  • Figure

• I've given just as much of my life to that, and I practiced it with the same zeal, as I have acting. And I think that many of my skill sets from being a housewife I used for producing. Because you don't stop until it's done.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Life
  • Done
  • Stop

• It's insanity for a party that believes in freedom to allow some Republicans to seize an agenda that is totally alien to the agenda that was established in the election.

  

  Malcolm Wallop
  • Freedom
  • Party
  • Election

• T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Today
  • Fashion
  • More

• I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.

  

  A. E. van Vogt
  • Writing
  • Way
  • Month

• I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.

  

  Waris Dirie
  • Life
  • Live
  • Love

• I grew up with horrible skin. I had cystic acne ever since I can remember. I ended up finally listening to those people who say you are what you eat.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • People
  • Up
  • Remember

• The mind when it has an old experience will add that data into its current experience, and it keeps coming up with wrong answers.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Experience

• For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chance to really act emotionally, because the situation is an extreme one.

  

  Ian McDiarmid
  • Character
  • Interesting
  • Chance

• The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.

  

  M. Night Shyamalan
  • Movies
  • First
  • Greatest

• The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Best
  • First
  • Everything

• A symphonic conductor should reconcile himself to the realization that, regardless of his approach or temperament, the eventual result is the same - the orchestra will hate him.

  

  Oscar Levant
  • Hate

• I loved Woody Allen's short pieces. I was equally influenced by Woody Allen and Norman Mailer. I was very into this idea of being high-low, of being serious and intellectual but also making really broad jokes.

  

  Meghan Daum
  • High
  • Serious

• Sometimes I write music, sometimes I don't. I think I'm just writing more what's close to my heart, and musical stuff is close to my heart, and it's fun to write, and when something's fun to write you don't think about what statement you're trying to make or what genre you're trying to hone in on.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Trying

• People think it's lame to be young, but it's not. And you only get to be young for so long.

  

  AJ Michalka
  • Long
  • Young
  • Get

• When I signed up for Y&R, my actor friends said, 'A daytime soap? It'll kill your career!' Now they'd trade places with me in a heartbeat.

  

  Jeanne Cooper
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Career

• There is always a point at which the terrorist ceases to manipulate the media gestalt. A point at which the violence may well escalate, but beyond which the terrorist has become symptomatic of the media gestalt itself. Terrorism as we ordinarily understand it is innately media-related.

  

  William Gibson
  • Violence
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorist

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

  

  Billy Wilder