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.’
ALFRED HITCHCOCKA lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I’m full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
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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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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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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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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’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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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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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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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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A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn’t want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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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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Self-plagiarism is style.
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