For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKFor me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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Everything’s perverted in a different way.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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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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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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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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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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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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