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Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.

Alfred Hitchcock

I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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Character Myself Writing
Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Reality Time
Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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Failure Money Myself
In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don’t want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.
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Audience Dog Face Failure Himself Human Ordinary
The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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End Film Myself
The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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Fill Film Photograph Reality Success
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
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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Creation Happiness Road Wisdom
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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Fear Future Hurt Oneself Past Protection Thinking
I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Audience Enjoyment Music Myself
Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
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Money Myself Power
All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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Love Romance Sex
The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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Film Myself Scare
The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
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Funny Husband Ideal Marriage Wife
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
Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor he just tears him up.
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Himself Tears

Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.

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Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.

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