For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKKicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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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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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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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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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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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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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
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People don’t always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.
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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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