The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKA lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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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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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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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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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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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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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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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Ideas come from everything.
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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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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A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.
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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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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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