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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.

Alfred Hitchcock

To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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Director Film Need
Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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Funny Happiness
I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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Egg Fear Worst
Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.
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Fear Goodness Luck Myself Person
Self-plagiarism is style.
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Design Film One Liner
I like stories with lots of psychology.
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Film Myself Psychology Story
Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
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Money Myself Power
Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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Funny Media
I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Audience Enjoyment Music Myself
Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
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Eyes People Simplicity Sound Story Visual
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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Drama Life Writing
A 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.
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Discover Excitement Imagination Men Relationship Woman
I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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Crime Goodness Myself Victim
You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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Beautiful Herself Thinking
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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Best Himself
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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Book Poor Reading

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