When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

Topics: Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

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....

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.

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...

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

Revenge is sweet and not fattening

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...

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

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 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.

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...

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

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.

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...

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

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

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

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesnt say.

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...

In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They...

In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They...

There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was...

There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was...