The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKA 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.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I’m not much into rear window ethics.
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We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something – that’s as happy as I’d want to be.
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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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To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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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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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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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.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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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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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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