I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKSelf-plagiarism is style.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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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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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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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 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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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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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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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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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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Ideas come from everything.
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