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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Alfred Hitchcock

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Film Life Myself
I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
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Art Audience Body History Myself
For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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Humor Myself Value
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
Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Drama Perspective Real
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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Fear Goodness Luck Myself Person
The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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End Film Myself
In a good marriage each is the others better half.
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Goodness Love Marriage Relationship
To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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Comedy Film Myself
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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Art Film Food Price Worth
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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Determination Enjoyment Weapon Yourself
The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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Fill Film Photograph Reality Success
One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
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Death End Hope Oneself
I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
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Future Myself Remember
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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Endurance Funny Human Movie
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

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

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