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

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

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....

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...

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 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.

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

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

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...

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

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...

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.

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...

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing...

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

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.

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...