Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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“In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.”
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“If I won't be myself, who will?”
— Alfred Hitchcock
I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
— Alfred Hitchcock
— Alfred Hitchcock
“A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
— Alfred Hitchcock
For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
— Alfred Hitchcock
“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
— Alfred Hitchcock
— Alfred Hitchcock
The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
— Alfred Hitchcock
— Alfred Hitchcock
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
— Alfred Hitchcock
— 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
“You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!”
— Alfred Hitchcock
I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes ... have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I've never tasted it.
— Alfred Hitchcock
In many of the films now being made, there is very little cinema: they are mostly what I call 'photographs of people talking.' When we tell a story in cinema we should resort to dialogue only when it's impossible to do otherwise. I always try to tell a story in the cinematic way, through a succession of shots and bits of film in between.
— Alfred Hitchcock
“Some films are slices of life, mine are slices of cake”
— Alfred Hitchcock
— Alfred Hitchcock
“Weren't you ever booed at by your mother?!”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“Mystery is an intellectual process ... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.
— Alfred Hitchcock
— Alfred Hitchcock
“One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
In 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 Hitchcock
“All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
— Alfred Hitchcock
“I always take the audience into account.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen.
— Alfred Hitchcock
“There is something more important than logic: imagination”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor.
— Alfred Hitchcock
— Alfred Hitchcock
“Cary Grant is the only actor I ever loved in my whole life.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“I like stories with lots of psychology.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“It's only a movie, and, after all, we're all grossly overpaid.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“Never judge a country by its politicians.”
— Alfred Hitchcock
“The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema”
— Alfred Hitchcock
— Alfred Hitchcock
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