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

To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.

Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned.

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.

Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

I can't read fiction without visualizing every scene. The result is it becomes a series of pictures rather than a book.