A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn't want to go to the movies to watch a film… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“In North By Northwest during the scene on Mount Rushmore, I wanted Cary Grant to hide in Lincoln's nostril and then have… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“In many of the films now being made, there is very little cinema: they are mostly what I call 'photographs of people… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I don't understand why we have to experiment with film. I think everything should be done on paper. A musician has to… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“Content, I am not interested in that at all. I don't give a damn what the film is about. I am more… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
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… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
When accepting the American Film Institute Life Achievement award: I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
