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: Luck Quotes

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 brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

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

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'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind...

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today....

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today....

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...

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 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.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...