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

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Television Quotes

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...

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....

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

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...

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...

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to...

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just...

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just...

Self-plagiarism is style.

Self-plagiarism is style.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes...

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

It took only 50 years for movies to go from silent to unspeakable.

It took only 50 years for movies to go from silent to unspeakable.