Author: William Wyler

Quotes

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

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

- William Wyler

Pictures that will live on for years, like 'The Birth of a Nation' and 'Gone With the Wind,' had great historical events in the background.

Pictures that will live on for years, like 'The Birth of a Nation' and 'Gone With the Wind,' had great historical events in the background.

- William Wyler

The good ones push their luck to the limit - like Laurence Oliver. As actor and director, he will go just as far as he can.

The good ones push their luck to the limit - like Laurence Oliver. As actor and director, he will go just as far as he can.

- William Wyler

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

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

- William Wyler

Great pictures can't be entirely fictitious.

Great pictures can't be entirely fictitious.

- William Wyler

If we must have the Production Code, then I think the only way to use it effectively is to judge a film as a whole and determine whether its effect is good or bad.

If we must have the Production Code, then I think the only way to use it effectively is to judge a film as a whole and determine whether its effect is good or bad.

- William Wyler

I'm here to make good pictures. If I don't see it, I won't touch it. I may not make a good picture, but I still gotta believe in it!

I'm here to make good pictures. If I don't see it, I won't touch it. I may not make a good picture, but I still gotta believe in it!

- William Wyler

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