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In a good marriage each is the others better half.

Alfred Hitchcock

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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Creation Director Fiction God Life Material
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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Character Himself Motivational
Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Drama Perspective Real
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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Endurance Funny Human Movie
Ideas come from everything.
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Art Body Ideas Mind One Liner
For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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Film Food Life Myself Pieces
Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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Affection Alone Death Encouragement Food Live Man
A 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.
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Cook Film Oppression Woman
I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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Be Yourself Feeling Myself Secret
A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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Deep Reality World
Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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Creation Emotion Function Ourselves
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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Fear Future Hurt Oneself Past Protection Thinking
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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Director Film God
Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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Enemy Food Wine
To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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Director Film Need
I’m full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
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Avoid Best Difficult Fear Myself Quiet

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

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