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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKActually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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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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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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Self-plagiarism is style.
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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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Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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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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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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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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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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