I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIf it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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I’m not much into rear window ethics.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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Never turn your back on a friend.
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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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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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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor he just tears him up.
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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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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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