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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKTelevision is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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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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Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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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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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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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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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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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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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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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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