"I am to be seen as a man of great humor, who has a dark side."

"I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film."

"Some of my best friends are cameramen. And I mean that literally."

"I don't think there's anything more terrifying than the unknown."

"When it comes to producing an audience's reaction, Hitchcock essentially thought that the subject matter was inconsequential. In other words, if you want the viewer to feel anxious, it doesn't matter …"