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It's Always Very Strange To Have Your Life Dramatized Because It Never Happens Like That. Things Will Be Different.

I Think It Will Be, As Always, Interesting To Compare Different Portrayals Of Hitchcock. I'm Very Honored That I'm Playing The Same Part As Anthony Hopkins.

There's Something In The Rhythm And Roll Of It That Is Connected To The Way Hitchcock Thinks And Moves. Then There Is Everything He Ingested - The Cigar Smoking And Drinking That's Imprinted On His Voice.

They Seem Much Rarer Now, Those Auteur Films That Come Out Of A Director's Imagination And Are Elliptical And Hermetic. All Those Films That Got Me Into Independent Cinema When I Was Watching It Seem Thin On The Ground.

I Still Don't Feel I Know Hitchcock At All. I Find That The More One Looks, The More Elusive He Becomes. But My Admiration For Hitchcock The Filmmaker Remains Undiminished. He Is A Giant Of The Cinema And The Darkness In Him Informs His Cinematic Language. You Can't Separate One From The Other.