The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKI am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
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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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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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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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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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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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