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Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake Picture Quote #1

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks Picture Quote #1

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them' Picture Quote #1

Self-plagiarism is style Picture Quote #1

I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim Picture Quote #1

For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor Picture Quote #1

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In regard to the tune, we have a name in the studio, and we call it the 'MacGuffin.' It is the mechanical element that usually crops up in any story. In crook stories it is always the necklace and in spy stories it is always the papers. We just try to be a little more original Picture Quote #1

When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one Picture Quote #1

Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions Picture Quote #1

Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned Picture Quote #1

People don’t always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels Picture Quote #1

There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also, there are usually more casualties in a football game. The object of the game is to move a ball past the other team's goal line. This counts as six points. No points are given for lacerations, contusions, or abrasions, but then no points are deducted, either. Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach Picture Quote #1

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating Picture Quote #1

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There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating Picture Quote #1

Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest Picture Quote #1

I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I always take the audience into account Picture Quote #1

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake Picture Quote #1

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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director Picture Quote #1

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out Picture Quote #1

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it Picture Quote #1

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings Picture Quote #1

I have prepared one of my own [time capsule]. I have placed some rather large samples of dynamite, gunpowder, and nitroglycerin. My time capsule is set to go off in the year 3000. It will show them what we are really like Picture Quote #1

I try to offset any tendency towards the macabre with humour. As I see it, this is a typically English form of humour. It's a piece with such jokes as the one about the man who was being led to the gallows to be hanged. He looked at the trap door in the gallows, which was flimsily constructed, and he asked in some alarm, 'I say, is that thing safe?' Picture Quote #1

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For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them' (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Self-plagiarism is style (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) In regard to the tune, we have a name in the studio, and we call it the 'MacGuffin.' It is the mechanical element that usually crops up in any story. In crook stories it is always the necklace and in spy stories it is always the papers. We just try to be a little more original (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) People don’t always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also, there are usually more casualties in a football game. The object of the game is to move a ball past the other team's goal line. This counts as six points. No points are given for lacerations, contusions, or abrasions, but then no points are deducted, either. Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) 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 (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) 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 (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) 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 (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) 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 (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I always take the audience into account (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I have prepared one of my own [time capsule]. I have placed some rather large samples of dynamite, gunpowder, and nitroglycerin. My time capsule is set to go off in the year 3000. It will show them what we are really like (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I try to offset any tendency towards the macabre with humour. As I see it, this is a typically English form of humour. It's a piece with such jokes as the one about the man who was being led to the gallows to be hanged. He looked at the trap door in the gallows, which was flimsily constructed, and he asked in some alarm, 'I say, is that thing safe?' (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes)

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