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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKA 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.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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Self-plagiarism is style.
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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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I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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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 have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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People don’t always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.
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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 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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I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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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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