I’m not much into rear window ethics.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIn 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.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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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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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
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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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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
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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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A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim – to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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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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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.
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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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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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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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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Everything’s perverted in a different way.
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