In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don’t want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKA glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn’t have to cope with the actors and all the rest.
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There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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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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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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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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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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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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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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