The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKTo me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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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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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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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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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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People 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.
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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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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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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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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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Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.
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