Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

English moviedirector

Lived from: 1899 - 1980

Category: Movie Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 13 august 1899 Died: 29 april 1980

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  • Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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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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  • Self-plagiarism is style.
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  • Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
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  • Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
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  • Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
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  • Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
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  • Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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  • Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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  • The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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  • The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
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  • The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
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  • There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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  • There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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  • There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
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  • These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equaled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.
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  • This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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  • This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.
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  • We’re after the drawing-room type, the real ladies, who become whores once they’re in the bedroom.
    François Truffaut - Hitchcock/Truffaut
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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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