Alfred Hitchcock citáty

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„Filmová dráma – kúsok života, z ktorého vystrihli všetky nudné scény.“

„Jeden pohľad na svet stačí na zistenie, že horor nie je nič iné ako realita.“

„Nikdy som netvrdil, že herci sú dobytok, len som hovoril, že sa k nim treba chovať, akoby ním boli.“

„Určite existujú perfektné vraždy, inak by sa o nich vedelo.“

„Claude Jade je pokojná mladá dáma, za jej chovanie na zadnom sedadle taxíka by som však nechcel prebrať zodpovednosť.“

„Muž je naozaj ženatý až vtedy, keď rozumie každému slovu, ktoré jeho žena nepovedala.“

„Šťastné manželstvo je také, v ktorom muž rozumie každé slovo, ktoré žena nevysloví.“

„Film je dobrý vtedy, keď stojí za vstupenky, večeru a poplatok za stráženie detí.“

„Film je dobrý vtedy, ak sa oplatí zaplatiť za vstupenky, večeru a za dozor nad deťmi.“

„Nič nie je krajšie, ako strašiť ľudí za ich peniaze.“

„Predstavitelia milostných scén v Hollywoode berú svoje role tak vážne, že v nich pokračuje ešte večer po natáčaniu.“

„Sobáš je jediný trest na doživotie, keď môže byť udelená milosť za zlé správanie.“

„Televízia priniesla vraždu do ľudských domovov - kam tiež konečne patrí.“

„Vo svete publicistiky nevieme čo je lož: hovoríme jej predstavivosť.“

„Ak nebudem sám sebou, kto bude?“

“I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes … have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I’ve never tasted it.”

“[This award is] meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.”

“The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.”

“The lower lip definitely states that all actors are cattle—including the authorǃ”

“I’m not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.”

“Hitchcock: You know that I think all actors are cattle?
George Raft: Yes, I know—but I'm no actor.”

“Deep inside, I am a shy man. And in the presence of colorful characters, I am a clam. I never try to out-eccentric the eccentricsǃ”

“Actors are cattle. I've always said actors are cattle. In fact, Carole Lombard once built a corral on set and put three live calves into it, in recognition of my feelings. I tell them that, and treat them as such, and we get along fineǃ”

“The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.”

“We do not recommend suicide as a way of life.”

“A clear horizon — nothing to worry about on your plate, only things that are creative and not destructive and that's withing yourself. Within me I can't bear quarreling, I can't bear feelings between people. I think hatred is wasted energy and it's all non-productive. I'm very sensitive. A sharp word, said by a person who has a temper, if they're close to me, hurts me for days. I know we're only human, we do go in for these various emotions, call them negative emotions but when all these are removed and you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you're going to create something. I think that's as happy as I would ever want to be.”

“It still goes. But Pat is the nicest cattle I've ever seen.”

“Self-plagiarism is style.”

“You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee.”