Purely cinematic film ... actually the purest expression of a cinematic idea.

Film lovers are sick people.

An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.

Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings.

I love the way she projects two facets: a visible persona and a subterranean one. She keeps her thoughts to herself; she seems to suggest that her secret, inner life is at least as significant as the appearance she gives.