The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKAll love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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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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Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn’t have to cope with the actors and all the rest.
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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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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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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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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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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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, ‘It’s in the script.’ If he says, ‘But what’s my motivation?, ‘ I say, ‘Your salary.’
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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval.
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