Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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In reference to the murder scene in 'Dial M for murder' As you have seen on the screen the best way to do it is with a scissor.
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema
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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
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A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn't want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.
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In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.
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I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.
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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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People don't always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.
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Ideas come from everything
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. ... The conventional big-bosomed blonde is not mysterious. And what could be more obvious than the old black velvet and pearls type? The perfect ‘woman of mystery’ is one who is blonde, subtle and Nordic. ... Although I do not profess to be an authority on women, I fear that the perfect title [for a movie], like the perfect woman is difficult to find.
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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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If I won't be myself, who will?
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I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen.
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There is something more important than logic: imagination
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The picture's over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.
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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned.
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