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“If I won't be myself, who will?”
Quelle: Alfred Hitchcock: Interviews
As quoted in Hitchcock (revised edition 1984) by François Truffaut with the collaboration of Helen G. Scott, p. 102.
As quoted in Hitchcock (1967) by François Truffaut.
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
Attributed to Hitchcock in Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion (1984).
“Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.”
On audiences, Asbury Park NJ Press (13 August 1974).
“Puns are the highest form of literature.”
Dick Cavett Show (8 June 1972).
Regarding his oft-cited quote stating that actors are cattle; as paraphrased and quoted in "Town Called Hollywood: Director Pleads Off Poundage" http://www.mediafire.com/view/ix2ammmxkb3flqx/Screen%20Shot%202018-09-11%20at%2012.56.17%20AM.png by Philip K. Scheuer, in The Los Angeles Times (30 May 1943). <br class="br">Kontext: [T]he director passed off the phrase as one of his "Machiavellian quips," not to be taken seriously. "Let us say, rather, that actors are a necessary evil," he cautioned, with a straight face. "As a matter of fact, I couldn't work if I weren't on friendly terms with them; I'll bend over backward every time. Besides, I get into each picture I make, if only for a couple of seconds—so I'm probably a frustrated actor at heart myself."
“Let us say, rather, that actors are a necessary evil,”
Regarding his oft-cited quote stating that actors are cattle; as paraphrased and quoted in "Town Called Hollywood: Director Pleads Off Poundage" http://www.mediafire.com/view/ix2ammmxkb3flqx/Screen%20Shot%202018-09-11%20at%2012.56.17%20AM.png by Philip K. Scheuer, in The Los Angeles Times (30 May 1943). <br class="br">Kontext: [T]he director passed off the phrase as one of his "Machiavellian quips," not to be taken seriously. "Let us say, rather, that actors are a necessary evil," he cautioned, with a straight face. "As a matter of fact, I couldn't work if I weren't on friendly terms with them; I'll bend over backward every time. Besides, I get into each picture I make, if only for a couple of seconds—so I'm probably a frustrated actor at heart myself."
“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”
Picture Parade, BBC (5 July 1960)
“Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.”
Interview on CBS TV (20 February 1977).
“T. V. has brought murder back into the home where it belongs.”
National Observer (15 August 1966).
Variante: One of television's great contributions is that it brought murder back into the home, where it belongs
Kontext: One of television's great contributions is that it brought murder back into the home, where it belongs.
