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

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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 cut out.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.

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

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

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

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

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

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.

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 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.

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...