"If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you." ― Billy Wilder Topic(s): Funny More From Billy Wilder "Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award." "He has Van Gogh’s ear for music." "You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning." More In Funny "I’m not a comedian. I’m an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion."― Anthony Anderson "Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry."― Bill Cosby "In anything I’ve ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don’t think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didn’t sound like them at all."― Kevin Smith