I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
ALFRED HITCHCOCKWhen 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.’
More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
-
-
A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn’t want to go to the movies to watch a film about a woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
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 HITCHCOCK -
A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
The picture’s over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s somebody nobody knows about.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
People don’t always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.
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 -
Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
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.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK -
Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK