The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKActually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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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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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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In a good marriage each is the others better half.
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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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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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Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
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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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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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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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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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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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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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