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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKGive them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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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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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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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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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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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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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
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I’m not much into rear window ethics.
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Never turn your back on a friend.
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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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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something – that’s as happy as I’d want to be.
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