Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKWe seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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In a good marriage each is the others better half.
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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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Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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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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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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If 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.
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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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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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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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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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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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