There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIf I won’t be myself, who will?
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don’t want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.
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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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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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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 never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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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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Never turn your back on a friend.
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A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.
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