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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.
Alfred Hitchcock
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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?
Alfred Hitchcock
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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
Alfred Hitchcock
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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.
Alfred Hitchcock
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
Alfred Hitchcock
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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.
Alfred Hitchcock
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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.
Alfred Hitchcock
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
Alfred Hitchcock
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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.
Alfred Hitchcock
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To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.
Alfred Hitchcock
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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.
Alfred Hitchcock
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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.
Alfred Hitchcock
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
Alfred Hitchcock
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I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
Alfred Hitchcock
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
Alfred Hitchcock
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
Alfred Hitchcock
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To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
Alfred Hitchcock
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Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
Alfred Hitchcock
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.
Alfred Hitchcock
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere,there's somebody nobody knows about
Alfred Hitchcock
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
Alfred Hitchcock
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I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
Alfred Hitchcock
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If I won't be myself, who will?
Alfred Hitchcock
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You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
Alfred Hitchcock
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