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Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, ‘Clint, you must remember, it’s only a movie.’ Picture Quote #1

I use every single thing that Alfred Hitchcock taught me in my acting career I am very grateful for the education he gave me in making motion pictures Picture Quote #1

It’s one of those jobs where you go, ‘Oh no, I’ve got to play Alfred Hitchcock. I have to play him even though I know what this is going to involve.’ Picture Quote #1

The skyline in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’ is made up: no, you don’t get the Waldorf and the Chrysler and the Empire State buildings and a dozen other magnificent structures in one window Picture Quote #1

Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt, and Sir Carol Reed chose The Third Man - and I’m in all of them Picture Quote #1

When television began, it modeled itself after radio. Many early television programs were radio programs first. ‘My Favorite Wife,’ ‘The Jack Benny Show,’ ‘Burns and Allen,’ ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents.’ Picture Quote #1

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For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I’m related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way Picture Quote #1

The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn’t really add up the way you think they would, and sometimes, not at all Picture Quote #1

In my mid-20s, I was directing episodes of ‘Alfred Hitchcock’ and ‘Peter Gunn.’ I was pretty much on course and - as I sometimes joke - was prepared to devote my life to become the second best film director in my family Picture Quote #1

You’re young forever when you write. Alfred Hitchcock directed until the day he died. As long as you don’t have any dementia or Alzheimer’s, if you have your All-Bran every day and clear yourself out, I think your brains are gonna be all right Picture Quote #1

Even in Australia I’d say 80 percent of our television was American. I grew up watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone. I used to sit with my mum when I was just nine years old, trying to guess what the twist would be. I love that kind of thing Picture Quote #1

I remembered watching the film from Alfred Hitchcock, ‘Dial M for Murder,’ and he shot almost all of that movie in one room. There was a genius in what Hitchcock did by manipulating things in that room so that you could see the distances between things like the tables and the vases because of how he used perspective Picture Quote #1

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It’s Toby Jones playing Alfred Hitchcock, not Alfred Hitchcock. We all felt that his silhouette was crucial, so his nose and lips were crucial as well. We had to build it out a bit to get the silhouette. But, with my nose being so small within the proportion of my face, the first nose was too big. I felt like a nose on parade Picture Quote #1

Martin Scorcese is probably America’s greatest living director, and while he is not a titan like John Ford or Alfred Hitchcock or Federico Fellini, he is certainly consistently more interesting than Steven Spielberg, Brian de Palma, Francis Ford Coppola or Woody Allen. Even a failure like Gangs of New York or a curiosity like The Aviator is more interesting and ambitious than Munich, The Black Dahlia or Scoop Picture Quote #1

Particularly [Alfred] Hitchcock, who takes his time with everything he says. There’s a controlling way in how he speaks because he takes his time to finish all his sentences Picture Quote #1

[Alfred] Hitchcock was very interested in the image on the screen.As is any good cinema director. That is the language they speak. It is not literature, it is images on screen Picture Quote #1

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script Picture Quote #1

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder Picture Quote #1

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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it Picture Quote #1

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach Picture Quote #1

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle Picture Quote #1

In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man Picture Quote #1

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Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film Picture Quote #1

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table Picture Quote #1

There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating Picture Quote #1

There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating Picture Quote #1

Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest Picture Quote #1

I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book Picture Quote #1

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Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, ‘Clint, you must remember, it’s only a movie.’ (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I use every single thing that Alfred Hitchcock taught me in my acting career I am very grateful for the education he gave me in making motion pictures. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) It’s one of those jobs where you go, ‘Oh no, I’ve got to play Alfred Hitchcock. I have to play him even though I know what this is going to involve.’ (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) The skyline in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’ is made up: no, you don’t get the Waldorf and the Chrysler and the Empire State buildings and a dozen other magnificent structures in one window. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt, and Sir Carol Reed chose The Third Man - and I’m in all of them. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) When television began, it modeled itself after radio. Many early television programs were radio programs first. ‘My Favorite Wife,’ ‘The Jack Benny Show,’ ‘Burns and Allen,’ ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents.’ (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I’m related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn’t really add up the way you think they would, and sometimes, not at all. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) In my mid-20s, I was directing episodes of ‘Alfred Hitchcock’ and ‘Peter Gunn.’ I was pretty much on course and - as I sometimes joke - was prepared to devote my life to become the second best film director in my family. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) You’re young forever when you write. Alfred Hitchcock directed until the day he died. As long as you don’t have any dementia or Alzheimer’s, if you have your All-Bran every day and clear yourself out, I think your brains are gonna be all right. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Even in Australia I’d say 80 percent of our television was American. I grew up watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone. I used to sit with my mum when I was just nine years old, trying to guess what the twist would be. I love that kind of thing. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I remembered watching the film from Alfred Hitchcock, ‘Dial M for Murder,’ and he shot almost all of that movie in one room. There was a genius in what Hitchcock did by manipulating things in that room so that you could see the distances between things like the tables and the vases because of how he used perspective. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) It’s Toby Jones playing Alfred Hitchcock, not Alfred Hitchcock. We all felt that his silhouette was crucial, so his nose and lips were crucial as well. We had to build it out a bit to get the silhouette. But, with my nose being so small within the proportion of my face, the first nose was too big. I felt like a nose on parade. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Martin Scorcese is probably America’s greatest living director, and while he is not a titan like John Ford or Alfred Hitchcock or Federico Fellini, he is certainly consistently more interesting than Steven Spielberg, Brian de Palma, Francis Ford Coppola or Woody Allen. Even a failure like Gangs of New York or a curiosity like The Aviator is more interesting and ambitious than Munich, The Black Dahlia or Scoop. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Particularly [Alfred] Hitchcock, who takes his time with everything he says. There’s a controlling way in how he speaks because he takes his time to finish all his sentences. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) [Alfred] Hitchcock was very interested in the image on the screen.As is any good cinema director. That is the language they speak. It is not literature, it is images on screen. (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) 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 (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes) I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes)

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