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Alfred Hitchcock Inspirational Quotes (112)

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Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?
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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.
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Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred, may be obtained in the advertising interval.
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I'm not much into rear window ethics.
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A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn't want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.
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I've become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
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A movie should be as long as one can hold their bladder
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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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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema
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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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I try to offset any tendency towards the macabre with humour. As I see it, this is a typically English form of humour. It's a piece with such jokes as the one about the man who was being led to the gallows to be hanged. He looked at the trap door in the gallows, which was flimsily constructed, and he asked in some alarm, 'I say, is that thing safe?
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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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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.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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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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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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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.
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To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.
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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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I’ve never been very keen on women who hang their sex round their neck like baubles. I think it should be discovered. It’s more interesting to discover the sex in a woman than it is to have it thrown at you, like a Marilyn Monroe or those types. To me they are rather vulgar and obvious.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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