black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

Alfred Hitchcock

A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Action Grow Up Maturity Mystery Woman Word
I like stories with lots of psychology.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Film Myself Psychology Story
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Endurance Funny Human Movie
Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Life Love Myself
Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Emotional Intellectual Mystery Suspense
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Believe Fear Inspirational
I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Fear Police
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

Audience Goodness Ideas Perfection Sound
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

Difficult Kill Men Reality
In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don’t want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Audience Dog Face Failure Himself Human Ordinary
Self-plagiarism is style.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Design Film One Liner
When 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 HITCHCOCK

Fear Future Hurt Oneself Past Protection Thinking
A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Deep Reality World
I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Art Audience Body History Myself
I’m sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Crime Goodness Myself Victim
When 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 HITCHCOCK

Creation Happiness Road Wisdom

Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Mystery is an intellectual process. But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Alfred Hitchcock Quotes