Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Television Quotes

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.

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

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

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.

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...

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey...

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey...

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

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...

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book...

This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book...

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

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

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...

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a...

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a...

Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and...

Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and...