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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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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Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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I'm not much into rear window ethics.
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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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I always take the audience into account.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.
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