Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKWhen 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.’
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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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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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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Never turn your back on a friend.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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I always take the audience into account.
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Everything’s perverted in a different way.
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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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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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Seeing a murder on television can help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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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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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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