Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Destiny Quotes, Luck Quotes

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...

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

Drama is life with the dull bits left 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...

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

In a good marriage each is the others better half.

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 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...

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.

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.

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.

Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a...

Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to...

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to...

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

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...