Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

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....

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...

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...

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...

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.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

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...

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...

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 never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be...

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be...

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

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

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

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...

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...