Alfred Hitchcock quotes - page 2

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. (Alfred Hitchcock)
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. View quote
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema. View quote
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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. View quote
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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man. View quote
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. View quote
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Puns are the highest form of literature. View quote
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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. View quote
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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made. View quote
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I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I've never tasted it. View quote
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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.' (Alfred Hitchcock)
Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up. View quote
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You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee. View quote
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The best actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well. View quote
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I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there's somebody nobody knows about. View quote
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I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character. View quote
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I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book. View quote
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I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim. View quote
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A clear horizon - nothing to worry about on your plate, only things that are creative and not destructive and that's within yourself. Within me I can't bear quarreling, I can't bear feelings between people. I think hatred is wasted energy and it's all non-productive. I'm very sensitive. A sharp word, said by a person who has a temper, if they're close to me, hurts me for days. I know we're only human, we do go in for these various emotions, call them negative emotions but when all these are removed and you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you're going to create something. I think that's as happy as I would ever want to be. View quote
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It still goes. But Pat is the nicest cattle I've ever seen. View quote
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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture. (Alfred Hitchcock)
A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality. View quote
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Ideas come from everything. View quote
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The television set in American homes is like the toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time. View quote
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Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film. View quote
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