In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.

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...

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...

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

Self-plagiarism is style.

Self-plagiarism is style.

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

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

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

Revenge proves its own executioner.

Revenge proves its own executioner.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.