I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKFilm your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.
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One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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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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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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