Alfred Hitchcock
Master of suspense
Most quoted
"The audience is like a giant organ that you and I are playing. At one moment we play this note and get this reaction, and then we play that chord and they react that way. And someday we won't even have to make a movie — there'll be electrodes implanted in their brains, and we'll just press different buttons and they'll go 'ooooh' and 'aaahh' and we'll frighten them, and make them laugh. Won't that be wonderful?"
— from Interview with François Truffaut, 1966
"I'm scared of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes... have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I've never tasted it."
— from Interview
"Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf."
— from Interview
All quotes by Alfred Hitchcock (313)
I am a very patient person. I can wait for the right moment.
I like to make films that are visually stunning.
I am a very observant person. I notice everything.
I like to make films that are emotionally engaging.
I am a very curious person. I like to learn new things.
I like to make films that are suspenseful.
I am a very imaginative person. I have a vivid imagination.
I like to make films that are original.
I am a very determined person. I never give up.
I like to make films that are memorable.
I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.
To make a great film you need three things: the script, the script, and the script.
In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
There is nothing quite so volatile as a young man who has just been given a thrill.
Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Luck is everything. If you don't have it, you can't win.
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre ticket and the babysitter adds up to less than the worth of the evening.
I always try to select the best from the worst.
Contemporaries of Alfred Hitchcock
Other Film & Theaters born within 50 years of Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980).