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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKWe 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.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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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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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
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Seeing a murder on television can help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
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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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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don’t give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi’s back seat.
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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
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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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