There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKPeople don’t always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
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In a good marriage each is the others better half.
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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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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.
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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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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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Never turn your back on a friend.
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Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
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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 have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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