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

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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....

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

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

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...

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

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

Self-plagiarism is style.

Self-plagiarism is style.

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...

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...

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

Drama is life with the dull bits left out.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him...

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him...

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 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...

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.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings...

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings...

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....