There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKA 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.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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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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I can’t read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.
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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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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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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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