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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

Alfred Hitchcock

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.’
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Character Himself Motivational
Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Life Love Myself
Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
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Eyes People Simplicity Sound Story Visual
For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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Humor Myself Value
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
Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Drama Perspective Real
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
Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Reality Time
I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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Character Myself Writing
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Funny Need Stupidity
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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Audience Dog Face Failure Himself Human Ordinary
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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Drama Life Writing
I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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Body Film Men
I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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Myself Surprise
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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Discover Excitement Imagination Men Relationship Woman
Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Money Myself Power

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