Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock

“In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director”

“If its a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.”

“When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, Its in the script. If he says, But whats my motivation?, I say, Your salary.”

“Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I dont want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.”

“I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.”

“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”

“Self-plagiarism is style.”

“Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.”

“There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it”

“Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.”

“Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didnt change peoples habits. It just kept them inside the house.”

“I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my next movie will not be as good as the last one.”

“Im not against the police; Im just afraid of them.”

“A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.”

“Im frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. Ive never tasted it.”

“Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.”

“Disney has the best casting. If he doesnt like an actor he just tears him up.”

“Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.”

“Theres nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.”

“I have prepared one of my own [timecapsules]. I have placed some rather large samples of dynamite, gunpowder, and nitroglycerin. My time capsule is set to go off in the year 3000. It will show them what we are really like.”