Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn’t have to cope with the actors and all the rest.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThe length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
-
-
Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Never judge a country by its politicians.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
If I won’t be myself, who will?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
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.’
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK