The Hollywood icon who told Billy Bob Thornton he’d never make it: “You’re too damned ugly”
Talk about honest feedback.
Billy Wilder
The director who compared Marlon Brando to “a petulant child”
“How far out of hand the situation has gotten…”
“He was full of interesting ideas”: the director who greatly influenced Billy Wilder
There are worse places to learn from.
Decoding Ingmar Bergman’s hesitation to making a Hollywood movie: “It could be very difficult”
A collection of the all-time greats.
Billy Wilder reveals the scene that took Marilyn Monroe 80 takes: “She couldn’t get it”
Marilyn Monroe made dozens of movies during her career, but few would argue that Billy Wilder managed to get more out of the star than…
“She tried hard”: why Billy Wilder found Marilyn Monroe “very difficult” to work with
He still brought out the best in her.
Why is Billy Wilder’s most famous movie called ‘Some Like It Hot’?
“I personally prefer classical music.”
Billy Wilder’s contentious relationship with Humphrey Bogart: “He was a shit”
No love lost between the actor and filmmaker.
