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Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

Alfred Hitchcock

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Alfred Hitchcock
Age: 80 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 13
Died: 1980
Died: April 29
Cinematographer
Director
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Television Director
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Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
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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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