Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKPeople 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.
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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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.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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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 would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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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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To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script.
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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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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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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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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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