All Alfred Hitchcock Quotes
- When accepting the American Film Institute Life Achievement award: I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most… Accepting
- There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms.… Abrasions
- The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say. Every Word
- Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints. Best
- There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. Burial
- To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be. Big
- Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them. Become Classics
- There are several differences between a footballl game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms.… Differences
- I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened; they revolt me. That round white thing without any holes, and when you break it, inside there’s that… Any
- In a good marriage each is the others better half. Better
- Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food. Conversation
- Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. Excitement
- One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life. Funny
- The best actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.... Actor
- For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor. Any
- San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery. Francisco
- Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process. Emotional
- Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out. All
- I’ve never been very keen on women who hang their sex round their neck like baubles. I think it should be discovered. It’s more interesting… Baubles
- Self-plagiarism is style. Filmmaker
- When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future.… Become One
- Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions. Create
- Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned. Aside
- To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script. Film
- A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if… Action