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.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film
Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock, page 2
43 quotes by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock - english film director
Was born on 13 aug 1899.
Died on 29 apr 1980, at 80 years old.
Died on 29 apr 1980, at 80 years old.
Origin country: United Kingdom
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.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about crime, television, haven, help, work
Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, kitchen
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.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about crime, waste, work, time
Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about television, home
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about television, need
Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about television, americans, things
Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about television, habits, invention, home, house, change, people
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, human imperfections
The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, criminals
The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about fear
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, fear
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about death, nothing, good, good luck
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.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about opinion, mind, nothing
This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film
This paper back is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about humor
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.
Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about time, day, order, idea, people
