Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKA woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim – to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
-
-
Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Never turn your back on a friend.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I like stories with lots of psychology.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I always take the audience into account.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Ideas come from everything.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I’m not much into rear window ethics.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
If I won’t be myself, who will?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK