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.’
It’s only a movie, and, after all, we’re all grossly overpaid.
I was an uncommonly unattractive young man.
I always try to look at things as though I were remembering them three years later.
Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
There is something more important than logic: imagination.
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.
San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.
You think she’s pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!
There are several differences between a footballl game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also there are more injuries at a football game.
Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it’s completely useless as far as I’m concerned.
The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.
The silent pictures were the purest form of cinema.
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.
To me Psycho was a big comedy. Had to be.
Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.
I’m not against the police; I’m just afraid of them.
A movie should be as long as one can hold their bladder.
There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
I’ve become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.
I’m not much into rear window ethics.