I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKMystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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In a good marriage each is the others better half.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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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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Ideas come from everything.
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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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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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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