Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKDialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
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We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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If 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.
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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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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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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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