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Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

— Alfred Hitchcock

More from Alfred Hitchcock

  1. A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
  2. Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
  3. Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
  4. I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, and encouragement, and constant co…
  5. It is no accident that an anagram of 'actors' is 'scrota'.
  6. I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
  7. In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is the god; he must create life.
  8. I have the perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it

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  • storytelling
  • media
  • writing
  • drama
  • life

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