For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIt seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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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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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
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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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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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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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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, ‘It’s in the script.’ If he says, ‘But what’s my motivation?, ‘ I say, ‘Your salary.’
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We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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I’m full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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