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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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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.
Alfred Hitchcock
Our original title, you know, was `The Man in Lincoln`s Nose`. Couldn`t use it, though. They also wouldn`t let us shoot people on Mount Rushmore. Can`t deface a national monument. And it`s a pity, too, because I had a wonde.
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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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There is something more important than logic: imagination
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Ideas come from everything
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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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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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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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That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen.
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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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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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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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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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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 can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.
Alfred Hitchcock
Everything's perverted in a different way.
Alfred Hitchcock
