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Alfred Hitchcock quotes: 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. 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.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Never turn your back on a friend. Never turn your back on a friend.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out. Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book it makes a very poor doorstop. The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book
it makes a very poor doorstop.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it. I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later. I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room. All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs. Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Weren't you ever booed at by your mother?! Weren't you ever booed at by your mother?!
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare. Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I was an uncommonly unattractive young man. I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Love those wrongdoers, they need it more than you. Love those wrongdoers, they need it more than you.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: T.V. has brought murder back into the home where it belongs. T.V. has brought murder back into the home where it belongs.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character. I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Seeing a murder on television ... can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some. Seeing a murder on television ... can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks. I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever. There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up. Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food. Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say. The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor. For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them. I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don't give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi's back seat. Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don't give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi's back seat.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something - that's as happy as I'd want to be. When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something - that's as happy as I'd want to be.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms. Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest.-Alfred Hitchcock 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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Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned. Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life. One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time. Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I'm not much into rear window ethics. I'm not much into rear window ethics.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: The picture's over. Now I have to go and put it on film. The picture's over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: The best actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well ... The best actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well ...
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house. Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture. The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life. In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Always make the audience suffer as much as possible. Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: A movie should be as long as one can hold their bladder A movie should be as long as one can hold their bladder
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I have a feeling that inside you somewhere,there's somebody nobody knows about I have a feeling that inside you somewhere,there's somebody nobody knows about
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery. San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I like stories with lots of psychology. I like stories with lots of psychology.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime. Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal. Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: It's only a movie, and, after all, we're all grossly overpaid. It's only a movie, and, after all, we're all grossly overpaid.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I always take the audience into account. I always take the audience into account.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: If you can't do it naturally, then fake it. If you can't do it naturally, then fake it.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle. I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: 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. 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 Hitchcock quotes: If I won't be myself, who will? If I won't be myself, who will?
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: In reference to the murder scene in 'Dial M for murder' As you have seen on the screen the best way to do it is with a scissor. In reference to the murder scene in 'Dial M for murder' As you have seen on the screen the best way to do it is with a scissor.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Never judge a country by its politicians. Never judge a country by its politicians.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made. The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions. Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders. Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Some films are slices of life, mine are slices of cake Some films are slices of life, mine are slices of cake
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them. The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Revenge is sweet and not fattening. Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I'm a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach. I'm a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen. Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints. Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Self-plagarism is style. Self-plagarism is style.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Mystery is an intellectual process ... But suspense is essentially an emotional process. Mystery is an intellectual process ... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes. One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake. For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life. Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I've become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films. I've become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director. In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Ideas come from everything Ideas come from everything
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Twenty to life, she got, with time off for good behavior. You come around next spring. I'll introduce you. Twenty to life, she got, with time off for good behavior. You come around next spring. I'll introduce you.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Self-plagiarism is style. Self-plagiarism is style.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work. Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake. A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book. I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script. To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot! You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them. Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out. What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim. I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be. To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: I enjoy playing the audience like a piano. I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man. In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality. A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table. Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: There is something more important than logic: imagination There is something more important than logic: imagination
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Gee, I'm sorry I didn't hear you in all this rain. Go ahead in, please.Anthony Perkin's Norman BatesTalking To Janet Leigh's Marion Crane. Gee, I'm sorry I didn't hear you in all this rain. Go ahead in, please.
Anthony Perkin's Norman Bates
Talking To Janet Leigh's Marion Crane.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: Puns are the highest form of literature. Puns are the highest form of literature.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen. That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen.
Alfred Hitchcock quotes: This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid. This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

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