Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKTelevision is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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In a good marriage each is the others better half.
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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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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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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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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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I always take the audience into account.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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