Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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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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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I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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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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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor he just tears him up.
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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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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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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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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.
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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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Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something – that’s as happy as I’d want to be.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim – to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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