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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
Cinematographer
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Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
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If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
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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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The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.
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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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Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don't give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi's back seat.
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This weapon [an ax] is primitive but effective. And it's also guaranteed to be fifty-percent painless. You see, it takes two people to operate, and the person at this end [the handle] doesn't feel a thing.
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I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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It has been rumored that Psycho is so terrifying that it will scare some people speechless. Some of my men hopefully sent their wives to a screening. The women emerged badly shaken but still vigorously vocal.
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Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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