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Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

1899–1980 England

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, closely associated with the suspense thriller genre. He is a well-known man and an award-winning director.

England
Film directors
Film producers

Also known as: Alfred hitchcock, Hitchcock, Alfred

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The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.

Hitchcock (1967)

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

As a matter of fact, I couldn't work if I weren't on friendly terms with them; I'll bend over backward every time. Besides, I get into each picture I make, if only for a couple of seconds—so I'm probably a frustrated actor at heart myself.

Deep inside, I am a shy man. And in the presence of colorful characters, I am a clam. I never try to out-eccentric the eccentricsǃ

Actors are cattle. I've always said actors are cattle. In fact, Carole Lombard once built a corral on set and put three live calves into it, in recognition of my feelings. I tell them that, and treat them as such, and we get along fineǃ

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alfred Hitchcock (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.