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.
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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Self-plagiarism is style.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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I’m full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one.
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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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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
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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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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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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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I always take the audience into account.
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