[on Shirley MacLaine] She hated rehearsals and had a bad habit of ad-libbing, which didn`t set well with Billy Wilder. But we got used to each other, because mainly she`s a helluva girl.
It`s hard enough to write a good drama, it`s much harder to write a good comedy, and it`s hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.
Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.
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