To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIn films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don’t give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi’s back seat.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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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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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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Never turn your back on a friend.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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I always take the audience into account.
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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