In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKIt seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.
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A 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.
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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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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.
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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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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.
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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
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For me, suspense doesn’t have any value if it’s not balanced by humor.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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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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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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I can’t read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.
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A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
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