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. – Alfred Hitchcock
Im frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. Ive never tasted it. – Alfred Hitchcock
If its a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on. – Alfred Hitchcock
Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. Im fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldnt make a good suspense film. – Alfred Hitchcock
Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didnt change peoples habits. It just kept them inside the house. – Alfred Hitchcock
Disney has the best casting. If he doesnt like an actor he just tears him up. – Alfred Hitchcock
Im 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. – Alfred Hitchcock
Blondes make the best victims. Theyre like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints. – Alfred Hitchcock
We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like. – Alfred Hitchcock
A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake. – Alfred Hitchcock
In feature films the director is God in documentary films God is the director. – Alfred Hitchcock
Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs. – Alfred Hitchcock
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. – Alfred Hitchcock
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. – Alfred Hitchcock
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. – Alfred Hitchcock
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. – Alfred Hitchcock
