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
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.
Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.
San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.
One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life.
Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
that I am equipped with what other people have called a fiendish sense of humor.
I'm 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. I've never tasted it.
There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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You can't direct a Laughton picture. The best you can hope for is to referee.
TV has brought murder back into the home where it belongs.
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.