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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock
Age: 80 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 13
Died: 1980
Died: April 29
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Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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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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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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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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I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my next movie will not be as good as the last one.
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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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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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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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