Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIf I won’t be myself, who will?
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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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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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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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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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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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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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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