William Wyler Quotes

William Wyler — American Director born on July 01, 1902, died on July 27, 1981

William Wyler was a German-born American film director, producer and screenwriter. Notable works included Ben-Hur, The Best Years of Our Lives, and Mrs. Miniver, all of which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture in their respective years, making him the only director of three Best Picture winners. Wyler received his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor, "sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness.".. (wikipedia)

I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse.

If anybody doubts my loyalty to my country, I'll punch him in the nose, and I don't care how old he is.

It's eighty percent script and twenty percent you get great actors. There's nothing else to it.

It's a miserable life in Hollywood. You're up at five or six o'clock in the morning to be ready to start shooting at nine.

Stills belong in the lobby, not on the screen.