I wouldn't use the word 'scared' for my role as Hitchcock, but it was my most insecure. Taking on such a formidable,… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at… — Frank Darabont Copy Share Image
It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
[Stanley] Kubrick was a fascinating, larger than life guy who had been a friend for many years prior to our working together… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I am not like Hitchcock, directing the reaction of the public or the audience. I don't like that. I think this is… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
Watching a Kubrick film is like gazing up at a mountaintop. You look up and wonder, how could anyone have climbed that… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
My favorite types of movies definitely aren't thrillers, but at the same time you can't deny the genius of Hitchcock's films. — Aaron Yoo Copy Share Image
“best Hitchcock films not made by Hitchcock. Here we go: Le Boucher, the early Claude Chabrol that Hitch, according to lore, wished… — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“To recall the extent to which Hitchcock was marked by his petit bourgeois interpellation may not radically change the way we read… — Colin McArthur Copy Share Image
“I put it to the great man [Hitchcock], the key to fictitious terror is partition or containment: so long as the Bates… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Raksin worked for Alfred Hitchcock, about whom one of the most famous Raksin anecdotes was spoken. The legendary director declared he wanted… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
That's a little homage in a way to that and also to create that sort of creepy atmosphere that Hitchcock did. Vertigo… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
I studied Hitchcock and Josef von Sternberg under Richard Dillard at Hollins, and that year under his tutelage just completely rewired my… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
Any music star would be singing about his lost love. A movie would be about a relatable incident; it wasn't an untouchable… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
The thing about Hitchcock which is quite extraordinary for a director of that time, he had a very strong sense of his… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
I make my living doing freelance directing for North American television shot in Toronto, series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, and… — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
I was in college in the sixties when movies really got good. I'm a fan of Bergman and Hitchcock and Polanski and… — David Small Copy Share Image
Saturday mornings, or at night when I'm trying to go to bed, I'll watch Hitchcock mysteries and stuff. I know that's pretty… — Tim Robinson Copy Share Image
I think Alma Reville was the only one Alfred Hitchcock trusted. When it came to issues of taste or what the audience… — Sacha Gervasi Copy Share Image
Stanley Kubrick was brilliant at getting under the audience's skin. He was very interested in the idea of, 'How can I tell… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
I loved cinema from a very young age. I was also obsessed with Hitchcock and actresses like Kim Novak in Vertigo. They… — Erdem Moral?oglu Copy Share Image
Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt, and Sir Carol Reed chose… — Joseph Cotten Copy Share Image
There's no point in making films unless you intend to show us something special, otherwise just go out and watch a play.… — Bryan Singer Copy Share Image
I can remember soundtracks that you just can't separate from the film - It's just so intertwined, so important. Like the Hitchcock… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
One of my few childhood memories is as an eight-year-old, refused permission to watch the Hitchcock season on Irish television, sneakily viewing… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
[Bong Joon-ho'] is quite different but technically, he is as clever as [Alfred] Hitchcock. That's saying something. In humanitarian terms, I think… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I had done it all in my career. I always felt, as a kid, that that's what a director needed to be.… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
In the vast majority of movies, everything is done for the audience. We are cued to laugh or cry, be frightened or… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
[Stanley] Kubrick was a great artist and a perfectionist. He always wanted the exact right thing. He did a million takes. Everything… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, the work of Alfred Hitchcock is admired all over the world. Young people who are just discovering his art through the… — François Truffaut Copy Share Image
The fact that you couldn't see Alfred Hitchcock's first film The Mountain Eagle, or that you couldn't see so many of F.W.… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
Directors who have inspired me include Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, lngmar Bergman, John Ford, Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
It's Toby Jones playing Alfred Hitchcock, not Alfred Hitchcock. We all felt that his silhouette was crucial, so his nose and lips… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
I studied Hitchcock a little bit at University and knew the famous story about the Birds - that he'd tortured Tippi for… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
American Morons is the work of an original. Like Hitchcock or Ramsey Campbell, the style is precise, alert, and well-mannered, inviting us… — Dennis Etchison Copy Share Image
I think Hitchcock had a thing about hills: think of the house on the hill in 'Psycho.' Then, in 'Vertigo,' Scottie is… — Allen Coulter Copy Share Image
Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer - is exactly the movie that I was dreaming of. Nobody influenced us in the direction… — Tom Tykwer Copy Share Image
My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
![“[Stanley] Kubrick was a fascinating, larger than life guy who had been a friend for many years prior to our working together on that film. I found the best part of working with him to be the long conversations we had between set-ups.” quote by Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/763/sydney-pollack-2385_conversation_stanley-kubrick-was-a-fascinating-larger_547034.jpg)
![“I put it to the great man [Hitchcock], the key to fictitious terror is partition or containment: so long as the Bates Motel is sealed off from our world, we want to peer in, like at a scorpion enclosure. But a film that shows the world is a Bates Motel, well, that's... the stuff of Buchloe…” quote by David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/728/david-mitchell-264_great-man_i-put-it-to-the-great-man-hitchcock-the_2177328.jpg)
![“[Bong Joon-ho'] is quite different but technically, he is as clever as [Alfred] Hitchcock. That's saying something. In humanitarian terms, I think he is much cleverer. He is one of the best directors I've worked with. I absolutely adore working with him.” quote by John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e6b/john-hurt-1669_adore_bong-joon-ho-is-quite-different-but-tech_677502.jpg)
![“[Stanley] Kubrick was a great artist and a perfectionist. He always wanted the exact right thing. He did a million takes. Everything had to be perfect. I'm an imperfectionist. I don't really care that much about the work. I write quickly. I'm careless. I shoot carelessly.” quote by Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/159/woody-allen-176_art_stanley-kubrick-was-a-great-artist-and-a_432976.jpg)
