Quotes about Film, page 5

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film

In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film

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

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

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film

This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, It's in the script. If he says, But what's my motivation?, I say, Your salary.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film

And that's another reason to make this movie: We can put plays on film now, at a relatively small cost, and they will reach an audience they would never have reached otherwise

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about film

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about film

And I love a scary movie. It makes your toes curl and it's not you going through it.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about film

I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about film

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about film

I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about film

I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about film

I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about film

I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page... sunrise over the desert and masses of... a whole essay before you get to the dialogue.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about film