My hobby is stuffing things. You know, taxidermy.

— Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins)

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5 seconds sound clip from the Psycho (1960) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:35:58 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You... You eat like a bird.

- And you'd know, of course.

- No, not really.

- Anyway, I hear the expression eats like a bird is really a false... Falsity. Because birds really eat a tremendous lot.

- But I don't really know anything about birds.

- My hobby is stuffing things. You know, taxidermy.

- And I guess I'd just rather stuff birds because I hate the look of beasts when they're stuffed. You know, foxes and chimps.

- Some people even stuff dogs and cats, but, oh, I can't do that.

- I think only birds look well stuffed because... Well, because they're kind of passive to begin with.

- It's a strange hobby. Curious.

- Uncommon, too.

- Oh, I imagine so.

[...]

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