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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.

Alfred Hitchcock

Never judge a country by its politicians.
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Country Judgement Politics
Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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Funny Happiness
I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
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Future Myself Remember
The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
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Funny Husband Ideal Marriage Wife
I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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Fear Police
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
A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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Film Life Myself
I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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Myself Surprise
It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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Film Pay
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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Avoid Best Difficult Fear Myself Quiet
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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Fear Future Hurt Oneself Past Protection Thinking
The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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Fill Film Photograph Reality Success
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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Director Film God
To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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Director Film Need
Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Drama Perspective Real
For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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Humor Myself Value

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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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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