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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.

Alfred Hitchcock

To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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Director Film Need
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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Book Fiction Photograph Reading Result
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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Creation Director Fiction God Life Material
Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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Affection Alone Death Encouragement Food Live Man
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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Drama Life Writing
I always take the audience into account.
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Account Audience Myself
Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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Funny Media
Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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Creation Emotion Function Ourselves
Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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Best Victim
Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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Death Funny Home Smart
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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Blessing Eyes Win
Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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Fear Funny Wake Up Writing
I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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Character Myself Writing
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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Audience Goodness Ideas Perfection Sound
Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Drama Perspective Real
I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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Best Man Myself

I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.

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