When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something – that’s as happy as I’d want to be.
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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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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People don’t always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.
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I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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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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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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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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The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.
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I’m not much into rear window ethics.
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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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Never turn your back on a friend.
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim – to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.
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