Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE, was an English film director and producer, at times referred to as "The Master of Suspense". He pioneered many elements of the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He had a successful career in British cinema with both silent films and early talkies and became renowned as England's best director. Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939 and became a US citizen in 1955...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth13 August 1899
CityLondon, England
Alfred Hitchcock quotes about
I have a feeling that inside you somewhere,there's somebody nobody knows about
A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim - to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.
Never turn your back on a friend.
Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
This weapon [an ax] is primitive but effective. And it's also guaranteed to be fifty-percent painless. You see, it takes two people to operate, and the person at this end [the handle] doesn't feel a thing.
Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.
Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.
A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.
Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.
The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.
To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.
I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.
Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?