Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock
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In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.
For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
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.
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
Self-plagiarism is style.
I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
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.
I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my next movie will not be as good as the last one.
The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.
What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.
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.'
Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.
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