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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

Alfred Hitchcock

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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Audience Dog Face Failure Himself Human Ordinary
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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Fear Future Hurt Oneself Past Protection Thinking
Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor he just tears him up.
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Himself Tears
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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Action Grow Up Maturity Mystery Woman Word
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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Fear Goodness Luck Myself Person
Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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Death Funny Home Smart
I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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Fear Police
A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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Film Life Myself
It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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Film Pay
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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Art Audience Body History Myself
There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
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Blessing Eyes Win
I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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Cut Funny Myself Perfection
Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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Audience Possible Suffering
Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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Enemy Food Wine
I’m not much into rear window ethics.
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Ethics Myself
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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Death Funny Sarcastic

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