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

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....

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

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

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

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

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

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 am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book...

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book...

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with...

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with...

Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops...

Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops...

This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today....

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today....

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...

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.

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...

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking...

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking...

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...

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...