A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKSome of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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Self-plagiarism is style.
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
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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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Ideas come from everything.
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A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn’t want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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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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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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