In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

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...

Self-plagiarism is style.

Self-plagiarism is style.

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

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

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...

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...

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...