One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKEven my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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Someone 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.
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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Never turn your back on a friend.
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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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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim – to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.
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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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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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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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