Alfred Hitchcock idézet

„Mikor filmeket kezdtem csinálni még csak kiscserkész rendező voltam, de nem akartam, hogy ezt más is tudja.”

„Az egyik, amitől a legjobban félek, az az, hogy hülyét csinálok magamból a közönség előtt. Kínos pillanat. Azt hiszem, ez a nyitva felejtett slicc-fóbia. A legnagyobb félelem szerintem a jövő ismerete.”

„Mindig is szokatlanul taszító voltam. Ami rosszabb, tudtam is erről. Olyan régen velem volt már ez az érzés, hogy nem is tudtam elképzelni, milyen lehet nélküle.”

„Újságírók gyakran kérdezgetik, mennyit nyomok a mérlegen, és azt felelem „csak reggel, reggeli előtt nyomok rajta egyet”. A súlyom azonban titok marad.”

„Sosem értettem, hogy mit akarnak a nők. Csak annyit értettem, hogy nem engem.”

„Sokat kellett saját dolgaimmal foglalkoznom, amelyek sokkal inkább érdekeltek.”

“A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.”

“I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there's somebody nobody knows about”

“In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.”

“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 no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”

“Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.”

“The cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.”

“Puns are the highest form of literature.”

“As a matter of fact, I couldn't work if I weren't on friendly terms with them; I'll bend over backward every time. Besides, I get into each picture I make, if only for a couple of seconds—so I'm probably a frustrated actor at heart myself.”

“Let us say, rather, that actors are a necessary evil,”

“Ideas come from everything”

“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”

“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”

“Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.”

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

“I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.”

“Revenge is sweet and not fattening.”

“I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.”

“Seeing a murder on television can … help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.”

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

“Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.”

“I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.”

“T. V. has brought murder back into the home where it belongs.”

“In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.”

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

“I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.”

“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 to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.”

“The picture's over. Now I have to go and put it on film.”