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Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
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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In reference to the murder scene in 'Dial M for murder' As you have seen on the screen the best way to do it is with a scissor.
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Our original title, you know, was `The Man in Lincoln`s Nose`. Couldn`t use it, though. They also wouldn`t let us shoot people on Mount Rushmore. Can`t deface a national monument. And it`s a pity, too, because I had a wonde.
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It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you're on.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim - to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.
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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn't want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.
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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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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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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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I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
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There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
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When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something - that's as happy as I'd want to be.
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I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?
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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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There is something more important than logic: imagination
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I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
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