“Film Noir. I don’t know, when I make a picture I never classified that. I never said “this is a comedy.” I went down to the preview; if they laughed a lot I said, “this is a comedy.” Or serious picture or film noir - I never heard that expression in those days. I just made pictures that I would have liked to see and if I was lucky, it coincided with the taste of the audience.” - Billy Wilder
