Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.

[When accepting the American Film Institute Life Achievement award] I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, and encouragement, and constant collaboration. The first of the four is a film editor, the second is a scriptwriter, the third is the mother of my daughter Pat (Patricia Hitchcock), and the fourth is as fine a cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen. And their names are Alma Reville.

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.

That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen.

A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.