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Puns are the highest form of literature.

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
Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Death Place Simplicity
The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Fear Film Myself
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
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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Art Audience Body History Myself
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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Drama Life Writing
To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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Director Film Need
I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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Character Myself Writing
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
I’m not much into rear window ethics.
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Ethics Myself
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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Director Film God
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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Body Film Men
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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Book Poor Reading
Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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Best Victim
San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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Death Goodness Mystery Place

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