Alfred Hitchcock — "The only way to get a good performance out of an actor is to scare them."

"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."

"Some films are slices of life, mine are slices of cake."

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

"I am scared of getting into any difficulties somebody once said to me what is your idea of happiness. I said a clear Horizon. not even that Horizon with a tiny Cloud no bigger than a man's fist."

"I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened; they revolt me. That round white thing without any holes, and when you break it, inside there's that yellow thing, round, without any holes… Brrr! Have y…"