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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
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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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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I'm not much into rear window ethics.
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The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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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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I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
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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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I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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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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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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Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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