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Janet Leigh

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154 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Fresh Air
A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

Right.

Fresh Air
A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

Well, that's why he was so... You know, Tony Perkins was just so brilliant because almost you wanted to mother him in a way.

Fresh Air
A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

You know, you felt sorry, and yet he had that undertone of where there would be a spark of something that would set him off, and you could see...

Fresh Air
A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

It wasn't quite right, and yet you could never identify what was wrong.

Fresh Air
A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

And that's why it was so beautifully done by him.

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A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

Well, the overview was the actual drawings of each shot.

Fresh Air
A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

And so he showed us the overhead shot.

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A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

He showed us this shot.

Fresh Air
A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

He showed us the close-up there.

Fresh Air
A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

He showed us, you know, it was all planned.

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A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

Because if it was looking at my navel, I could wear a bra and pants.

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A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

In other words, I dressed according to where the shot was or undressed according to where the shot was.

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A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

That's not exactly true because it's amazing how your body has a tone, has a, I don't know, a reaction to it.

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A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

I can't explain it, but if you're just bland, your body's going to be bland.

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A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

But if you're feeling the terror and the effect of the blows and whatever, your body shows that.

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A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

I don't think that you can sort of separate it.

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A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

A big, long butcher knife.

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A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

No, no, it didn't retract.

Fresh Air
A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

It wasn't steel, however.

Fresh Air
A Look Back At Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’

I mean, it looked like steel, but believe me, it wasn't.