Quotes from Alfred Hitchcock


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Revenge is sweet and not fattening.


These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.


The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.


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


This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.


There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.


There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.


Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.


Self-plagiarism is style.


Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.


A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.


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.'


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


I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.


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


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.


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


Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.


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.


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