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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.

Alfred Hitchcock

I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
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Future Myself Remember
Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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Audience Possible Suffering
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
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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Nice Sex Woman Young
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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Drama Life Writing
When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one.
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Fear Future Hurt Oneself Past Protection Thinking
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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Art Film Food Price Worth
I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Audience Enjoyment Music Myself
I can’t read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.
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Book Fiction Photograph Reading Result
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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Director Film God
I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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Fear Police
The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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Film Photograph Silence
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.
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Creation Director Fiction God Life Material
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
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.
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Myself Wasted Time Work
The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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Film Myself Scare

Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.

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