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Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder (born Samuel Wilder) was a Polish-born, Jewish-American journalist, screenwriter, Academy Award-winning film director and producer, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Many of Wilder's films achieved both critical and public acclaim.


“Goodbye, Baby. Walter Neff (Fred McMurray) Double Indemnity”
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“That's the trouble with you readers. You know all the plots.”
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“You're as good as the best thing you've ever done.”
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“If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.”
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“You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.”
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“Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man.Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.”
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“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.”
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“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.”
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