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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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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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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat — cut it.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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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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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.
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I have little personal relationship with actors. All actors are cattle.
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Some people claim I say all actors are cattle. What I say is all actors should be treated like cattle.
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If you've designed a picture correctly, the Japanese audience should scream at the same time as the Indian audience.
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I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes … have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I've never tasted it.
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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.
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Some films are slices of life. Mine are slices of cake.
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Television has brought back murder into the home—where it belongs.
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For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
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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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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.
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Born:
August 13, 1899
Died:
April 29, 1980
(aged 80)
Bio:
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English film director and producer, often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense". He pioneered many elements of the suspense and psychological thriller genres.
Known for:
Psycho (1960)
The Birds (1963)
Vertigo (1958)
Rear Window (1954)
North by Northwest (1959)
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