I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThis award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim – to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor he just tears him up.
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Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don’t give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi’s back seat.
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