If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKI never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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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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Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
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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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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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When 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.’
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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If I won’t be myself, who will?
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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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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I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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