Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

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• There is something more important than logic: imagination

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Imagination, Important, Logic

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

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Inspirational, Bangs, Cinema

  "Attributed to Alfred Hitchcock in "Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion"". 1984.

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• I have a feeling that inside you somewhere,there's somebody nobody knows about

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Feelings, Nobody Knows, Knows

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• The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Marriage, Husband, Wife

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• If I won't be myself, who will?

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Ifs

  "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", TV Series (1955–1962). "None Are So Blind", www.imdb.com. 1956.

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• Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Emotional, Intellectual, Suspense

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  To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Directors, Three, Needs

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Drama, Believe, Mind

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• Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Real, Drama, Cutting

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• Never judge a country by its politicians.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Country, Judging, Politics

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• Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Imagination, Suspense, Excitement

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• 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

  Hurt, Fear, Past

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• Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Target Audience, Suffering, Actors And Audience

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• Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Reality

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Like Love, Murder, Film

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Successful, Film Directing, Directors

  Quoted in Francois Truffaut Hitchcock (1968).

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• Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Happiness, House, Kitchen

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• A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Reality, Glimpse, World

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  Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Drama, Mean, Cutting

  Francois Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock, Helen G. Scott (1985). “Hitchcock”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

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• Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Sweet, Revenge, Fattening

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• 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

  Eye, Thinking, People

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• Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Fear, Children, Yesterday

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Piano, Enjoy, Audience

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Emotion, Function, Primaries

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• In a good marriage each is the others better half.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Half, Good Marriage, Better Half

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