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 really just want to work with good directors and learn as much as I possibly can.

  

  Dylan O'Brien
  • Good
  • Work

• One thing that was very clear to me is that the young people in a place like Annawadi aren't tripping on caste the way their parents are. They know their parents have these old views.

  

  Katherine Boo
  • People
  • Parents

• Only to he avoid misunderstandings, I must say that even last year, when I wrote my pamphlet, I heartily wished that Prussia should declare war against Napoleon.

  

  Ferdinand Lassalle
  • War
  • Year
  • Last

• Max [Landis] writes in quite a heightened way, specifically for Dirk. There's a rhythm and a specific speed to it, and it was very easy to learn because it was so well-written. It just rolled off the tongue. There aren't many auditions that I go for, where I feel like I could actually do the part. But with this one, even though I was not quite sure how to pin Dirk down, I thought I could do it.

  

  Samuel Barnett
  • Writing
  • Easy
  • Speed

• All new news is old news happening to new people.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • People
  • News

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

  

  Billy Wilder