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
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that I am equipped with what other people have called a fiendish sense of humor.
Here's a choice item, very rare. Only 740,000 were ever made!
There's nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.
There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.
(when talking to a fans mother who was complaining that her daughter would no longer go in the shower after watching 'Phsyco')'Then madam I suggest you dry-clean her'
TV has brought murder back into the home where it belongs.
Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
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.
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.
The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.