It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIt’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKBlondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKWhen 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 HITCHCOCKOur primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThe picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKI’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKOne must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKTelevision is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKYou think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
ALFRED HITCHCOCKThe more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKAll love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKWhen you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something – that’s as happy as I’d want to be.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKI have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIn the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKTelevision is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKTelevision has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK