Billy Wilder, as quoted in The Bright Side of Billy Wilder, Primarily (1970) by Tom Wood, p. 20.
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An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation.
— Billy Wilder on Acting
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Source: Wikiquote: "Acting" (W: I think my dream movie is to take, Clint Eastwood, Julie Christie, Vanessa Red gave a bunch of– Meryl Streep and take them all and put them in like a teen comedy. Because — because now we can do that. It would be the most expensive team comedy ever made but totally worth it. I want to see that movie. but what I really, realized last night while watching just performance as Clu was no matter what effect they come up with to be able to make actors seem younger, older it’s still driven by the actor. And the effects are extraordinary and Eric Barba’s team is incredible but Jeff was driving that rig and adjusts performance as to what makes that character so compelling. And it was sort of a relief to know will actors will still be needed no matter what they come up with . Even if we’re stuck in a booth somewhere hidden away they’ll still need actors to drive these things and make them interesting. And I just thought that’s an incredibly difficult thing to edit such an artform in itself and one that’s new and unprecedented. So the fact that Jeff just brought an incredible amount of Jeff to that character is even more extraordinary knowing all the effects and all the extra work that went into it.)
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About Billy Wilder
Samuel "Billy" Wilder (22 June 1906 – 27 March 2002) was an Austro-Hungarian born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films.
About Billy Wilder
Samuel "Billy" Wilder (22 June 1906 – 27 March 2002) was an Austro-Hungarian born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films.
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