Seeing a murder on television can help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThere is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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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.
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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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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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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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Never turn your back on a friend.
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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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