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A movie should be as long as one can hold their bladder
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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Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
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Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.
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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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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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Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual.
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Ideas come from everything
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I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
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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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There are several differences between a footballl game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also there are more injuries at a football game.
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A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.
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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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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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You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
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In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God he must create life.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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