I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKDrama is life with the dull bits cut out.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
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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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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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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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The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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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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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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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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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval.
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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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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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If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
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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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A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn’t want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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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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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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