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Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock
Age: 80 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 13
Died: 1980
Died: April 29
Cinematographer
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Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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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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