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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIf it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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Everything’s perverted in a different way.
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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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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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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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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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