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
There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also, there are usually more casualties in a football game. The object of the game is to move a ball past the other team's goal line. This counts as six points. No points are given for lacerations, contusions, or abrasions, but then no points are deducted, either. Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
Claude Jade is a brave nice young lady. But I don't give any guarantee what she will do on a taxi's back seat.
I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.
Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
In reference to the murder scene in 'Dial M for murder' As you have seen on the screen the best way to do it is with a scissor.
I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.
The picture's over. Now I have to go and put it on film.
Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
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 paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.
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.
The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema