![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrVTl2ZVZ0alM2Q1VsOTdqUFlVSkVTTkg1bWo4S1ZQZUVQRWZGMEVLQTcrUnQ5TW8rSW1jZGk2RWFJSkkrQ3hQaEE9PQ%3D%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(a9d17245169a154424bf8cdb4b13ca62).jpg)
Here are 28 quotes from Alfred Hitchcock:
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“I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrU2wzQ1E1dWtzeHFkSkg5S2tUaTZoaXVaajNlUjAwN1RIbVRIZDdpSm5vaHNuNi8ya0hZKzEwaExwdzBNczRBY2p1ZWRoMmE3RmNBTzFiL1M4RklPUExWNEdqazhKdWtRU25iQURzY25UdmI%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(b1892ccda83c39c250331401d5d016ae).jpg)
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
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“The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.”
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“I’m not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrWHJtRXNnQkdndWdsZExQQ2ErOU11YVVoYjRidGNvd3hSbUdMQ1NhSncvTDhPSml1NmthU1RadVVBa2FLWnlHQVI4WS9NWU5TSlVYOHhBOTZidFd5bzdkNjV5MWRid0FYaWF2NnJhL3VlakZreTFlREtZbkZaK2MrT0hFOUhSdTExSjByL0FWanUwOEJuZ2pJZ2NWMzJwdTdENEtFV1hLYnBDSmRMd2dWNnVvem9sZGlsTEJoVFZjRWtHZGlxSDRYUDN5T2VIN0dDdkU1bytkNUFhVzRWS2tTM0JkUllMcDB1Mkh2bnJqV3hsdw%3D%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(fb5bc9e638b2a1b4cea12859b2111499).jpg)
“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.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrU2wzQ1E1dWtzeHFkSkg5S2tUaTZoaXVaajNlUjAwN1RIbVRIZDdpSm5vaHNuNi8ya0hZKzEwaExwdzBNczRBY2p1ZWRoMmE3RmNBTzFiL1M4RklPUExWNEdqazhKdWtRU25iQURzY25UdmI%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(b1892ccda83c39c250331401d5d016ae).jpg)
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrWk5mM2NMaXNGZnE4Z1Mvdzd0UU1PcmdYYUo5SExWWExodHpUSzM2WkNyYzlRcVZuQ3BEMkxQY0VoLy9qYXk0akFyUWNrellqRGplcmFIeWNjMk96Z2NtZDJvaUxXc2dWRDNLYlEza3c1TlE1WTFCNHF6RGZyVjRoWWtwaExIcy9MbzYrT2hxTnU1M0xNclg4T3JMUGVvPQ%3D%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(38b4d79a100c9385fc063d8079853add).jpg)
“Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrZDdSUmVTaUVxM1RiNmUxRC9wRklnL2I2NlhBZzVUei95Wm5GQWRQUkY1bVUrNnVUQVNEQWhDVkZnK3FQZnpvVEVEdHFpUVRsOUZna1o5WGoySXpKOThhR2lSeGlkemxLRS9rL2tialN2dll2TDJGOEhSbmFHREZTVzMyeEJia2VFVWwrblppWDYrakphUnVueFJRWmVvUkpOeDQ3SkhJODNreDNGbHIvaFMw/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(cc77a9717733baf31823c685c8d8b178).jpg)
“I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.”
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“Disney has the best casting. If he doesn’t like an actor, he just tears him up.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrWVlCYXBIMmwxd25tcVVqSmRWRW11UDZqRko4YWlhQ29oT1ZqcXRnSitzamxlVUk5ZUtrMGMwdXhFRkszWUtJU242dlNhUFNuUHpSQ21rbUUrQ2FXbU09/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(bd39095422589c9e21c204d8c522d39d).jpg)
“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrWDk1ay91YzdLU29XcUJZL3lVblY1TTRIZXpJclBSdG0xZk4wdmpzeXlTYnNaRVFXSG1sM1p3cmozTUd2aElZUVhkN0h5M3ovK1V1cCtPcnFSOFpjM0ZGQis3V05neklHdFNpd21sUEdOelJ1MEVTb0N3djdJZnFnWjhsb1VmQmZBPT0%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(5be6edb5c12032ce910e0f252ba522d2).jpg)
“Television has brought back murder into the home, where it belongs.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrVHpiQ1VMUUtUYnRxQ0lUeUNzSFFuL2tnR1JhWUl0SldxbUk4b2JiVUdvTEQ3WkVtNDhuK3hGVFVXRENoRDFWc2V2aE1kK0pKUHJ1ZVpUZmd2NkxUcXdML1g3MHNZNnlLNFYyamx5NHpXMlllY1FWNFM1OXJTbkJESlllZjJqT2M0eW95THI0bW9jQ0lIK3ZINDlUWDhDNS81MnBtMDN4NUVpbHRvbDFVZHZT/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(bc95e159d3b37a164cb9abdb039b4e8a).jpg)
“Fear isn’t so difficult to understand. After all, weren’t we all frightened as children?”
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“The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrZHRmSmp0Q2ZWUnZGOUpMeTZGRzBRZEhSOEVQZWp1aGxyZkVKdmF4YTB1ZXBSMVprK0t1UHhJN0wyU3doVER3elBvanQ3dnFYc2Q5Zmc4WkE4MW5McjE1REpINGMyU0dHN2lyWmFta2J5TE5oYVRkUzFpUW9IanpiM3hkdDUvNnBweDlBWEhvVldhZXdVZnRIdE9ZTGFVKzR0YVZReS8vRk1iMy9ONC9oaTFyM1pNaFBXcE5xQUVLN2lPQjE1NjJFVW1jV05WdENJK3NjSG5VN2JNL0pjTHNlUUpiLzNUMlljTFQ5YU9hUktBbDVyVGZzYVdMQWxSWGU2ZXd2dDRLUnc9PQ%3D%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(767906df6be979e659425724316137a5).jpg)
“I’m 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.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrWk5mM2NMaXNGZnE4Z1Mvdzd0UU1PcmdYYUo5SExWWExodHpUSzM2WkNyYzlRcVZuQ3BEMkxQY0VoLy9qYXk0akFyUWNrellqRGplcmFIeWNjMk96Z2NtZDJvaUxXc2dWRDNLYlEza3c1TlE1WTFCNHF6RGZyVjRoWWtwaExIcy9DSDJWck8zalVSalU4YWlZTFA5NGJBNzFmQlJnWjFWSmZBQTVwYis5Umow/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(9a3cb6423c2a1c7f2f5d2ba1c2e4b1f5).jpg)
“Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.” QUOTES ABOUT CHILD LOVE
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrZkJYSmgzZVh3S21nU25NN2VZWEZDaVRrTEZiNmZzaDErZUF4NWNyeEkvK05USFJnZk5QN1FVNDhrY0JqOGViWDczRFlacTAzMllkYWpsS3FRZDFLRG89/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(e0da87e613fad3a73f47a31959ab77b4).jpg)
“The only way to be sure is to see the body.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrVFRHd0RoWDQ0WWNwY0hHdjhiR3phMnhUdm9IeDBJQ1FoTHNVK1U2aXdobUdkV0RPMDYrNW5PT1oyTjJvenh4eTRZNXNmTWZjZjNoL3FIYnlYVGp1NFJXYXY4aDJQdE5Fdk5Xd3UyclpBSFFLeUozTXFHRm9QakNpSnZYL3c3ZDR3PT0%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(c552aa51a3e56ee1f91192340aae5d37).jpg)
“In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrU2wzQ1E1dWtzeHFkSkg5S2tUaTZoaFFTcUZYT3lVN3o0OVQrN2NLWGxoZUZoaGZaTXlTdW1oMFNGcFNuNmp3SlVoZzFMa0lUZTlzL1pweU9vVXV2WkJoSzVIVHZobk9zWnhKSjZaSTArOTBkbVBxY0hka2tldXV3VTNRYkJiUEFiZldzZnRNbytqVURNS3psNzB3NnNnalljblNFQlZVeTRmLzdYVWpXU0dT/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(e66bd156c56c0ab789199535e56831ad).jpg)
“There is nothing quite so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.”
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“A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrZmx6ZXFzVlpmOGd5WEJ3N3VGMHNGK3B0a2xyRHJ0eDBYRk1adlZSUkk3N0hwOXZUcm1BTGJzSXdjVUhKcjJ4d29rR1paT1dwZDAvQXlNQlNjaThyTkZlRjVXN0FyN2xMeTNpYnYyMkE0RUNyZTlRbzlwVkljclYxNTlrQWtzREl3R25oU0xhVWxsRWMwMGhYbTBMOE5qY1VabzBKVlgrWVlLZ3R1Y09Zc2E3Mi9RT2RybWQ5ZVRKY3RjL0oyVG1XMnVlSjVEcGZweEdRbU1oN2hpTnBSYmxKSkxCSnZUWHZQenN0aEFXOFBiU09GMTB0aFdaYndPcWVla2R1QUZJZG5Kc3NPcWJQdGxickdQYkRaM0VQdTdncjhLYVRGTnJHVnRCT0pOWVU2M213YnBxWlZHZEJDQjRqVXVDZUYzYkFBPT0%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(668a3370dc41ccf3b507ccf8ae7ef018).jpg)
“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.”
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“I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrU2wzQ1E1dWtzeHFkSkg5S2tUaTZoaXVaajNlUjAwN1RIbVRIZDdpSm5vaHNuNi8ya0hZKzEwaExwdzBNczRBY2p1ZWRoMmE3RmNBTzFiL1M4RklPUExWNEdqazhKdWtRU25iQURzY25UdmI%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(b1892ccda83c39c250331401d5d016ae).jpg)
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrVGQ3Skx0MjE1dHRWaDhTcHZMdWF4YStaV1hvaXVUQzMwM3FIR0QvVHRNVGM5ejIrczZ3ZFdmSkdaK1d2ZlBTQXgvNXRMSFg0eDg5MVVKV3ZoV0tSckU9/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(89aa449f04d96131a778e42732417c8b).jpg)
“Revenge is sweet and not fattening.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrZFJ0Y2E1UWxJNEpNOW5yQzRlTTJ4bFZxc3YrNStHTnJMakkrMTNvRk95M3NrWFMxMVRPWHZyWGlpS0lwUVl1VUtnVkJTVFhPSUJkUDNvVE9kVjByQmxJRDdsU3VVb3R1dlZVa2JuRUxiL3BqVzJock9xazVQQU5iTThpNVgwbHZPSzRneE05QlBadEN6dmNrMTMzN21ZOXI5NlZRYkU3TUhxNEVwTDcvU0xvUFM5V052dFdtN2NDQ2VZdzZaQ3dwa0xjT2N6b2NuaEZCZlVJbkRaRUZmT2RQeDJzOFMyMDNOcE9XQ0tpRlFhRA%3D%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(b0c65c114fc8e42c42d0df0688e5049e).jpg)
“Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrWk5mM2NMaXNGZnE4Z1Mvdzd0UU1Pb1BjaXpySlZmVW1rQXRiT0c1Z2ZUR2dBWEFGQzZsZGtmNmlFTjBHb1lvc2xMQlhGWGtLT1Yxdm5JUCsybGlFYkJ4Y3l5eUJnWnArQVZiSit1eUpQN2ZYcFBNQ0VGd04xM0IyNDluZWFDOEZkQmVaZDhyK3JtT0o4MGRjZUx6OGpFPQ%3D%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(b63a0fd7bb937b60fdc63dfd4fe5a1f4).jpg)
“Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrVEZNa0VFOHVycnpndkl6L0ppaFhmazdaM01IcmxDRnNPS3Q1Q1VtVTNqVEVNZTBPdGpLMkEvSlBLVzVaMG5XTkN3WXNQTzMzZ2dGYzhqRGpsWUh2OUlwOHM0NUhabUtFVUd2c2FBaFlKY2xxaVA1Z3R3TkE0cnQrY2JEcTl0Z2ZHWE53YVE3TFY5bER2M3pRc2tOaUl0ODB4bUc0WGd5ZWJZYnRKY2E5MDkz/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(aefd093ce36bf91e89ab778eef15bc22).jpg)
“Blondes make the best victims. They’re like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrYndxVmxhREFaQ3VpcEl4TlhjR0RqYVR0VUtSOVlMa3NpclhXYkF0VGNLNUg0Rm1tUDhhVjhybEVkT2tIWGVFY3JRUzk0UU8zYnZ0alkzLzlIT2pVZjIxS3RYczJGblVrSXZuRkw1UjZtbG1Ya1libEFQRVk3KzdtWURINXpzNmFKc25MdUJJaS9sMVJtcHRHUGdER2dJPQ%3D%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(45d2eb7612f73875c9ec4d983058fe2d).jpg)
“To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script, and the script.”
![](https://imi.abcradio.fm/quotes/preview/dTB4cGRsem5DcWlBMGVROWZJVXQrZUl4VkFSMnJxNjZIK29qOXFNYkdaSlNKMDdyODJoc0tlemQra2VNSnhGZ3g5ZnpFRnRQWmE0QUsxQzNRVTd2cXBBSmk2R09SNmhlTzF0NS9uLzJqUXVyU3Q5ZU5xcWRyd1RhWjBXcDJsV216aGk3QmNXajVwd1d0ZldEd2tQN2t6TzZQcjZwMzFkenc1REJQM2NWUFlrPQ%3D%3D/QUOTES+ALFRED+HITCHCOCK/(58d1768fe20ff3405c7e221b6baef475).jpg)
“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”
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