One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIn 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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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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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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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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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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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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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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Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn’t have to cope with the actors and all the rest.
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