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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThere is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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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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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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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
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Ideas come from everything.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.
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Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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