Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKOur primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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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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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
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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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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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Ideas come from everything.
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In a good marriage each is the others better half.
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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.
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