In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don’t want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKA woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn’t want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
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Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, ‘It’s in the script.’ If he says, ‘But what’s my motivation?, ‘ I say, ‘Your salary.’
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Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
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Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn’t say.
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I like stories with lots of psychology.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
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Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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