In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Audiences Quotes, Elderly Quotes

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

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...

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...

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

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....

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Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

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In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what...

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.

I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small...

I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small...

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We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to...

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Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of...

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I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking...

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The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

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...

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music

If the people in horror movies listened to me they would probably still be alive.

If the people in horror movies listened to me they would probably still be alive.