I always take the audience into account.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThe more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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I can’t read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.
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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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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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It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.
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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
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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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Never turn your back on a friend.
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In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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