Quotes
Alfred Hitchcock seemed to have an endless supply of witty quips and keen observations to please audiences and interviewers. Now these too are available to be licensed for use in advertising and on consumer goods.
“Ideas come from everything.”
“If I won't be myself, who will?”
“I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.”
“A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.”
“I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.”
“In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.”
“For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.”
“Self-plagiarism is style.”
“The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.”
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
“Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.”
“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”
“The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.”
“There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.”
“The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.”
“Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.”
“Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up every time.”
“What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.”
“Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.”
“Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.”
“Revenge is sweet and not fattening.”
“I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.”
“In a good marriage each is the others better half.”
“A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.”
“Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.”
“Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.”
“One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.”
“Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.”
“It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you're on.”
“Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.”