There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKTo me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.
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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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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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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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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of 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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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.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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