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I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.

Alfred Hitchcock

I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Men Myself Young
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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Expression Eyes Feeling People Person Reveal Thinking
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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Creation Director Fiction God Life Material
Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Myself Wasted Time Work
One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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Expectation Funny Murder Oneself
Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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Affection Alone Death Encouragement Food Live Man
For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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Film Food Life Myself Pieces
I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Audience Enjoyment Music Myself
I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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Act Animal Funny Sarcastic
The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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Film Photograph Silence
Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Life Love Myself
When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something – that’s as happy as I’d want to be.
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Creation Happiness Road Wisdom
It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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Film Pay
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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Audience Dog Face Failure Himself Human Ordinary
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.’
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Character Himself Motivational
I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Future Myself Remember

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