Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
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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.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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It still goes. But Pat is the nicest cattle I've ever seen.
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There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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Seeing a murder on television can … help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
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One of television's great contributions is that it brought murder back into the home, where it belongs.
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Self-plagiarism is style.
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Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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Hitchcock: You know that I think all actors are cattle? George Raft: Yes, I know-but I'm no actor.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
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Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
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I’m not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.
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Actors are cattle. I've always said actors are cattle. In fact, Carole Lombard once built a corral on set and put three live calves into it, in recognition of my feelings. I tell them that, and treat them as such, and we get along fineǃ
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The lower lip definitely states that all actors are cattle-including the authorǃ
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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.
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Deep inside, I am a shy man. And in the presence of colorful characters, I am a clam. I never try to out-eccentric the eccentricsǃ
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We do not recommend suicide as a way of life.
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The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
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Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
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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.