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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.

Alfred Hitchcock

I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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Character Myself Writing
I always take the audience into account.
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Account Audience Myself
Everything’s perverted in a different way.
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Different Thinking
San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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Death Goodness Mystery Place
I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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Act Animal Funny Sarcastic
There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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Imagination Important Logic
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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Discover Excitement Imagination Men Relationship Woman
I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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Crime Goodness Myself Victim
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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Believe Fear Inspirational
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
I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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Body Film Men
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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Character Himself Motivational
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
Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Reality Time
Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Drama Perspective Real
I like stories with lots of psychology.
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Film Myself Psychology Story

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