I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKGive them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval.
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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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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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I always take the audience into account.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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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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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn’t have to cope with the actors and all the rest.
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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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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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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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