Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

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...

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....

This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book...

This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book...

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still...

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still...

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and...

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and...

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 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.

Self-plagiarism is style.

Self-plagiarism is style.

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind...

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind...

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

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...

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the...

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.