One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKDialogue 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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I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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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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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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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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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.
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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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