Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKSomeone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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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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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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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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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
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Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
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I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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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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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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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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