You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIn feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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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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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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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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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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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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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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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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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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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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