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Alfred Hitchcock

I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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Best Man Myself
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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Director Film God
The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
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Funny Husband Ideal Marriage Wife
The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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Film Myself Scare
Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
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Eyes People Simplicity Sound Story Visual
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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Best Himself
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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Discover Excitement Imagination Men Relationship Woman
I like stories with lots of psychology.
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Film Myself Psychology Story
Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Drama Perspective Real
Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Reality Time
There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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Imagination Important Logic
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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Audience Goodness Ideas Perfection Sound
I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Audience Enjoyment Music Myself
I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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Fear Police
San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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Death Goodness Mystery Place
Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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Death Place Simplicity

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