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.
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.’
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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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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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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something – that’s as happy as I’d want to be.
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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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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 not much into rear window ethics.
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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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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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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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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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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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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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