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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.

Alfred Hitchcock

One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
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Death End Hope Oneself
Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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Funny Media
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
For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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Film Food Life Myself Pieces
Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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One Liner Revenge Sweet
I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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Myself Surprise
I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Audience Enjoyment Music Myself
Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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Enemy Food Wine
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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Expression Eyes Feeling People Person Reveal Thinking
It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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Film Pay
Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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Reality Time
I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
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Crime Goodness Myself Victim
Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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Affection Alone Death Encouragement Food Live Man
I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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Men Myself Young
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
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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Best Himself

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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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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