Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

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Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person....

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person....

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

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

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

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

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and...

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and...

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the...

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the...

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey...

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey...

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book...

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book...

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of...

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of...

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be...

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be...

This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

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

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

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

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

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to...

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to...