Speaking of talented guys who died old, watching "Ace in the Hole" for the upteenth time. What a great director Billy Wilder was but of course he'd be more flattered if one said what a great writer he was. And he was both.
Said to the despicable Kirk Douglas character, "I've met a lot of hard boiled eggs in my time, but you're 20 minutes." Later she says about herself, "I don't go to church, kneeling bags my nylons."