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

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

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 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...

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

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...

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...

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...

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....

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

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...

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....

Self-plagiarism is style.

Self-plagiarism is style.

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...

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

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...

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...

Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist of creating out of void, but...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist of creating out of void, but...

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?