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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.
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
Film Editor
Film Producer
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Television Director
Television Producer
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
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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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If I won't be myself, who will?
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