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and is not disturbed by
the disruption of the sense of reality
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that the presence of music might cause.
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I remember one day Hitchcock
said to me at one of our lunches,
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"You know, what I'm serious
about is the film industry."
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"And film industry means to me,"
he said,
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"I come in at 6:00 in the morning,
and I see the workers coming in
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with their lunch pails and their this
and their that and their umbrellas,
1:10:33
lining up, going into the studios."
1:10:36
And he said, "That's my responsibility.
To keep that going."
1:10:38
"My responsibility that I feel," said he,
1:10:40
"was to these people
who work in the studios."
1:10:42
And he was obviously quite serious
about that aspect of his position.
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That he, as a creative artist,
created opportunities
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which gave people
their means of livelihood.
1:10:54
So, yes, he was funny, but he was
also serious in surprising ways.
1:11:00
(Hilton Green) After Family Plot, there
was a discussion on his next project.
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He'd always have one in the wings,
1:11:05
and there was a book that he liked
called The Short Night and...
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I got involved in that much more than
I had in the last few pictures of his.
1:11:16
He was all set to go on the project,
and it was going to be a great project.
1:11:21
But I was very disappointed
that he couldn't go on.
1:11:30
I remember the day very vividly
in my mind.
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I was up in my office
and got a call from Sue, his secretary,
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saying that Mr Hitchcock
wanted to see me right away
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and it was very important.
1:11:43
Well, of course, I dropped everything
and went down to his office
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and went into his office,
and it was just the two of us.
1:11:50
And he was behind his desk,
and he almost had tears in his eyes.
1:11:55
And he said, "I can't go on."
I said, "What are you talking about?"
1:11:58
He said, "I can't make this picture, and I
would like you to do a favour for me."