--- title: "Best Alfred Hitchcock Quotations" description: "Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alfred-hitchcock-11299.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alfred-hitchcock-11299.jpg) # Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) Film Director **140** quotes in **512** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alfred Hitchcock was a film director, best known for *Hitchcock*. ## Quick Facts About Alfred Hitchcock Born August 13, 1899 Died April 29, 1980 Profession Film Director Notable works Hitchcock ## About Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). Among other accolades, his films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director, despite five nominations. ## Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock · Page 4 > [The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/the-silent-pictures-were-the-purest-form-of-cinema/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/alfred-hitchcock-3063_cinema_the-silent-pictures-were-the-purest-form_1018073.jpg) > [“Some films are slices of life, mine are slices of cake”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/some-films-are-slices-of-life-mine-are-slices-of-cake/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Cake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/alfred-hitchcock-3063_cake_some-films-are-slices-of-life-mine-are-s_2268909.jpg) > [I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/i-always-try-to-look-at-things-as-though-i-were-remembering-them/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Looks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/looks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/alfred-hitchcock-3063_looks_i-always-try-to-look-at-things-as-though_2510982.jpg) > [The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/the-birds-could-be-the-most-terrifying-motion-picture-i-have-ever-made/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/alfred-hitchcock-3063_bird_the-birds-could-be-the-most-terrifying-m_2679587.jpg) > [The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/the-length-of-a-film-should-be-directly-related-to-the-endurance-of/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Bladder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bladder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/alfred-hitchcock-3063_endurance_the-length-of-a-film-should-be-directly_981396.jpg) > [Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/television-is-like-the-invention-of-indoor-plumbing-it-didn-t-change/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/alfred-hitchcock-3063_change_television-is-like-the-invention-of-indo_1839828.jpg) > [When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something - that's as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/when-you-can-look-forward-and-the-road-is-clear-ahead-and-now-you-are/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Ahead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ahead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/alfred-hitchcock-3063_ahead_when-you-can-look-forward-and-the-road-i_2264065.jpg) > [One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/one-never-knows-the-ending-one-has-to-die-to-know-exactly-what/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [After death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after-death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/alfred-hitchcock-3063_after-death_one-never-knows-the-ending-one-has-to-di_225189.jpg) > [It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/it-seems-to-me-that-television-is-exactly-like-a-gun-your-enjoyment/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Determined](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/determined/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/alfred-hitchcock-3063_determined_it-seems-to-me-that-television-is-exactl_3203953.jpg) > [A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/a-good-film-is-when-the-price-of-the-dinner-the-theatre-admission-and/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Admission](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admission/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/alfred-hitchcock-3063_admission_a-good-film-is-when-the-price-of-the-din_1548085.jpg) > [People don't always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/people-don-t-always-express-their-inner-thoughts-to-one-another-a/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/alfred-hitchcock-3063_communication_people-don-t-always-express-their-inner_2272011.jpg) > [A woman who spends all day washing and cooking and ironing doesn't want to go to the movies to watch a film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/a-woman-who-spends-all-day-washing-and-cooking-and-ironing-doesn-t/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/alfred-hitchcock-3063_cinema_a-woman-who-spends-all-day-washing-and-c_249914.jpg) > [In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/in-films-murders-are-always-very-clean-i-show-how-difficult-it-is-and/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Difficult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/difficult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/alfred-hitchcock-3063_difficult_in-films-murders-are-always-very-clean-i_3003583.jpg) > [When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/when-an-actor-comes-to-me-and-wants-to-discuss-his-character-i-say-it/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/alfred-hitchcock-3063_actor_when-an-actor-comes-to-me-and-wants-to-d_2803013.jpg) > [Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest. -Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/really-the-novelist-has-the-best-casting-since-he-doesn-t-have-to/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Actors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/alfred-hitchcock-3063_actors_really-the-novelist-has-the-best-casting_1175294.jpg) > [Seeing a murder on television can help us unload the feelings of hate themselves. If you do not have feelings of hatred,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/seeing-a-murder-on-television-can-help-us-unload-the-feelings-of-hate/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Advertising](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertising/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/alfred-hitchcock-3063_advertising_seeing-a-murder-on-television-can-help-u_1305899.jpg) > [A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/a-woman-of-mystery-is-one-who-also-has-a-certain-maturity-and-whose/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/alfred-hitchcock-3063_action_a-woman-of-mystery-is-one-who-also-has-a_979797.jpg) > [“I have never known birds of different species to flock together. The very concept is unimaginable. Why, if that happened, we wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/i-have-never-known-birds-of-different-species-to-flock-together-the/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/alfred-hitchcock-3063_birds_i-have-never-known-birds-of-different-sp_1013211.jpg) > [Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/luck-is-everything-my-good-luck-in-life-was-to-be-a-really-frightened/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/alfred-hitchcock-3063_fear_luck-is-everything-my-good-luck-in-life_777855.jpg) > [In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/in-the-documentary-the-basic-material-has-been-created-by-god-whereas/) [Alfred Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/alfred-hitchcock-3063_cinema_in-the-documentary-the-basic-material-ha_2081467.jpg) ## Alfred Hitchcock by topic [Film (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/alfred-hitchcock/) [Cinema (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/alfred-hitchcock/) [Life (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/alfred-hitchcock/) [Theatre (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/alfred-hitchcock/) [Murder (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/murder/alfred-hitchcock/) [Inspirational (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/alfred-hitchcock/) [Should (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/alfred-hitchcock/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-hitchcock/#itemlist", "name": "Alfred Hitchcock Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alfred Hitchcock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-hitchcock/the-silent-pictures-were-the-purest-form-of-cinema/", "image": { 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