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Alfred Hitchcock Inspirational Quotes (112)

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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.'
Alfred Hitchcock
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
Alfred Hitchcock
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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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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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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.
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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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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.
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There are several differences between a footballl game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also there are more injuries at a football game.
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Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
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I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest. -Alfred Hitchcock
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It has been rumored that Psycho is so terrifying that it will scare some people speechless. Some of my men hopefully sent their wives to a screening. The women emerged badly shaken but still vigorously vocal.
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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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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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Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned.
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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
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That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen.
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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
Alfred Hitchcock
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