Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell… — 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
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
I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I’ve never been very keen on women who hang their sex round their neck like baubles. I think it should be discovered.… — 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
