What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person....

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person....

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw...

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw...

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing...

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing...

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him...

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him...

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person....

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person....

One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.

One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to...

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to...

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

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

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

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's...

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's...

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey...

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey...

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what...

In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what...

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of...

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of...