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

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Bladder Directly Endurance Film Human Length Related Should

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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Fattening Revenge Sweet

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

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Anticipation Bang Only Terror

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

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Director Documentary Feature Feature Films Films God

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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.

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Because Coward Everything Fear Film Fortunate Frightened Good Good Luck Hero Life Low Luck Make Person Really Suspense Threshold

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Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Give Nightmare Pleasure Same Them Up Wake Wake Up

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

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Burial Good Nothing Quite Sea Simple Tidy Very

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

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: About Fears Films Get Make Only Rid Them Way

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

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Cake Cinema Life Me Piece Slice

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Self-plagiarism is style.

~Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Style

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Director

Born: August 13th, 1899

Died: April 29th, 1980

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