A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn’t want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThe length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I always take the audience into account.
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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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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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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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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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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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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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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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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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