I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThere is something more important than logic: imagination.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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People don’t always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.
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Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor he just tears him up.
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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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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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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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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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Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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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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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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I’m not much into rear window ethics.
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We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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