The late Sir Alfred Hitchcock aka “Master Of Suspense” is Britain’s most distinguished film director and producer.
Hitchcock started off in the film industry as a scenario writer in the silent screen era in 1920.
From there, he went to directing his classics, that include “The Birds”, “The Man Who Knew Too Much”, “The Thirty Nine Steps”, “The Lady vanishes”, Dial M For Murder and many other great films.
Below are the best 5 Alfred Hitchcock quotations, which I have selected from collection.
“To me, murder by a babbling brook drenched in sunshine is more interesting than murder in the dark and noisome alley littered Willi dead cats and offal.”
(I Call On Alfred Hitchcock By Pete Martin, The Saturday Evening Post, July 27, 1957; p.72)
“They tell me that murder is committed every minute, so I don’t want to waste any more of your time. I know you want to get to work.”
(Speech at the Gala Tribute event by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, April 29, 1974)
(Also quoted in: It’s Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchcock: A Personal Biography By Charlotte Chandler, 2005, The Early Years; p.32)
“To me, suspense is immeasurably more potent than mystery, and having to read a fiction murder story through in order to find out what happened bores me.”
(I Call On Alfred Hitchcock By Pete Martin, The Saturday Evening Post, July 27, 1957; p.72)
“The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture”
“I don’t make mysteries…I tell the audience everything, and then I make them sweat over how it will all come out.”
(Alfred Hitchcock Still Suspenseful By Bob Thomas, The Desert News, August 24, 1974; p.4W)
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