Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKWhen 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.’
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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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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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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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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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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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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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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