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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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...

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...

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

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 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...

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.

One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

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.

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.

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...

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him...

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...