Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
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.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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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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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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
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It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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