Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThe Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
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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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Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor he just tears him up.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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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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Seeing a murder on television can help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don’t want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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Everything’s perverted in a different way.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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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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