I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKI have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Never turn your back on a friend.
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I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
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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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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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Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
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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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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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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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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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