The 20 Best Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

Published at 8:56 AM on November 5, 2012

Alfred Hitchcock wasn’t just one of the greatest directors of all time; he was also one of the film world’s most reliable founts of wit and wisdom. In honor of Universal Studios Home Entertainment releasing the coolest Hitchcock box set ever (15 films, including 13 never before available on Blu-ray, over 15hours of documentaries on the films, and much more), we bring you the The 20 Best Alfred Hitchcock Quotes with 20 great photos to match.

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20. “I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.” Zoom 19. “The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.” Zoom 18. "The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them." Zoom 17. "In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director." Zoom 16. “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.” Zoom 15. “I'm a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.” Zoom 14. “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 Zoom 13. “The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.” Zoom 12. “If I won't be myself, who will?” Zoom 11. “Drama is life with the dull parts left out.” Zoom 10. "We try to tell a good story and develop a hefty plot. Themes emerge as we go along." Zoom 9. "A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it." Zoom 8. “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.” Zoom 7. “Self-plagiarism is style.” Zoom 6. “I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.” Zoom 5. “I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my next movie will not be as good as the last one.” Zoom 4. “Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.” Zoom 3. “Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.” Zoom 2. “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.'” Zoom 1. “Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.” Zoom

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