I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
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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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
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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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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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Never judge a country by its politicians.
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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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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I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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