Billy Wilder Quote
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[On Ace in the Hole (1951)] I was attacked by every paper because of that movie. They loathed it. It was cynical, they said. Cynical, my ass. I tell you, you read about a plane crash somewhere nearby and you want to check out the scene, you can`t get to it because ten thousand people are already there: they`re picking up little scraps, ghoulish souvenir hunters. After I read those horrifying reviews about "Ace in the Hole", I remember I was going down Wilshire Boulevard and there was an automobile accident. Somebody was run over. I stopped my car. I wanted to help that guy who was run over. Then another guy jumps out of his car and photographs the thing. "You`d better call an ambulance," I said. "Call a doctor, my ass. I`ve got to get to the L.A. Times. I`ve got a picture. I`ve got to move. I just took a picture here. I`ve got to deliver it." But you say that in a movie, and the critics think you`re exaggerating."
Billy Wilder
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