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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

Alfred Hitchcock

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Alfred Hitchcock
Age: 80 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 13
Died: 1980
Died: April 29
Cinematographer
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
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Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Director
Television Producer
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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I’ve never been very keen on women who hang their sex round their neck like baubles. I think it should be discovered. It’s more interesting to discover the sex in a woman than it is to have it thrown at you, like a Marilyn Monroe or those types. To me they are rather vulgar and obvious.
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