The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThe silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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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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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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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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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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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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To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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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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Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.
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