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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.

Alfred Hitchcock

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Death Place Simplicity
The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Fear Film Myself
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Endurance Funny Human Movie
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.’
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Character Himself Motivational
I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Crime Goodness Myself Victim
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
You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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Beautiful Herself Thinking
The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Funny Husband Ideal Marriage Wife
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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Ideas Live People Time
Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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Affection Alone Death Encouragement Food Live Man
Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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Change Habit Invention Media People
Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Drama Perspective Real
This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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Deal Reward
Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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Creation Emotion Function Ourselves
It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Film Pay
Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Money Myself Power

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