The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKClaude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don’t give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi’s back seat.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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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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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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I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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People don’t always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.
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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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Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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