Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKDialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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Everything’s perverted in a different way.
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It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
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Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
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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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One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
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I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
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I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
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One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
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Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor he just tears him up.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
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Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.
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San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
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If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
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Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.
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