Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKWhen 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.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
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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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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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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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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
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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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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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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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