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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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.
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.
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.
(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'
Here's a choice item, very rare. Only 740,000 were ever made!
One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.
TV has brought murder back into the home where it belongs.
There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.
You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee.
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.
What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.
that I am equipped with what other people have called a fiendish sense of humor.