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

"It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it."
Andy Warhol

"Spielberg isn't a filmmaker, he's a confectioner."
Alex Cox

"A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."
Alfred Hitchcock

"In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director."
Alfred Hitchcock

"In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man."
Alfred Hitchcock

"It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror films."
Boris Karloff

"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache."
Bette Davis

"Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award."
Billy Wilder

"So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?"
Christina Aguilera

"This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country."
Clint Eastwood

"Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore."
Dennis Quaid

"Everything makes me nervous - except making films."
Elizabeth Taylor

"Film lovers are sick people."
Francois Truffaut

"Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me."
Federico Fellini

"The secret to film is that it's an illusion."
George Lucas

"A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order."
Jean-Luc Godard

"I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie."
Jean-Luc Godard

"Film spectators are quiet vampires."
Jim Morrison

"I like a film to have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order."
Jean-Luc Godard

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