I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Seeing a murder on television can help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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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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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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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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In a good marriage each is the others better half.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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Everything’s perverted in a different way.
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