I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKI like stories with lots of psychology.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
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Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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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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Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor he just tears him up.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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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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Everything’s perverted in a different way.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don’t give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi’s back seat.
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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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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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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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