Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock: Dialogue should simply...

Alfred Hitchcock: Dialogue should simply...

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes...

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Alfred Hitchcock: Give them pleasure...

Alfred Hitchcock: Give them pleasure...

Give them pleasure the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

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Alfred Hitchcock: Self-plagiarism is style....

Alfred Hitchcock: Self-plagiarism is style....

Self-plagiarism is style.

Source: Defending repetition of his filming techniques,...

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Alfred Hitchcock: The length of...

Alfred Hitchcock: The length of...

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

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Alfred Hitchcock: There's nothing to...

Alfred Hitchcock: There's nothing to...

There's nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no...

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Alfred Hitchcock: Conversation is the...

Alfred Hitchcock: Conversation is the...

Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Alfred Hitchcock: Television has done...

Alfred Hitchcock: Television has done...

Television has done much for psychiatry, by spreading information about it as well as contributing to the need for...

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Alfred Hitchcock: I understand the...

Alfred Hitchcock: I understand the...

I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under...

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Alfred Hitchcock: In the old...

Alfred Hitchcock: In the old...

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain...

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Alfred Hitchcock: The more successful...

Alfred Hitchcock: The more successful...

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

Source: In The...

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Alfred Hitchcock: This paperback is...

Alfred Hitchcock: This paperback is...

This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book -- it makes a very poor...

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Alfred Hitchcock: For me, the...

Alfred Hitchcock: For me, the...

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

Source: Quoted in:...

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Alfred Hitchcock: I have a...

Alfred Hitchcock: I have a...

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Alfred Hitchcock: Drama is life...

Alfred Hitchcock: Drama is life...

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Source: In Halliwell's Filmgoer's...

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Alfred Hitchcock: I've become a...

Alfred Hitchcock: I've become a...

I've become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.

Source: In The...

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Alfred Hitchcock: The television set...

Alfred Hitchcock: The television set...

The television set in American homes is like the toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every...

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Alfred Hitchcock: There is no...

Alfred Hitchcock: There is no...

There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Source: Quoted in:...

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Alfred Hitchcock: I have prepared...

Alfred Hitchcock: I have prepared...

I have prepared one of my own [time capsule]. I have placed some rather large samples of dynamite, gunpowder, and...

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Alfred Hitchcock: The best actor...

Alfred Hitchcock: The best actor...

The best actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.

Source: In The...

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Alfred Hitchcock: I am a...

Alfred Hitchcock: I am a...

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the...

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