11 Unexpectedly Uplifting Quotes From Alfred Hitchcock

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By Beckett Mufson2013-11-13 12:30:03 UTC

Alfred Hitchcock, director of cinema classics such as The 39 Steps (1935), Psycho (1950) and North by Northwest (1959), was a master filmmaker who had a knack for flooding the human heart with terror.

He is famous for driving his actors insane, goading and threatening them until they delivered the most wrenching performances ever to be etched in cellulite.

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But Hitchcock also was a master of inspiration, occasionally using his silver tongue to bring out the brightest qualities in those around him, rather than the darkest. Check out these quotes that show the less murder-y side of the greatest suspense director in the history of film.

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