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 HITCHCOCKI’m not much into rear window ethics.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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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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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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I’m not much into rear window ethics.
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It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.
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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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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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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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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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Never turn your back on a friend.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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