Alma Reville Quotes in Hitchcock (2012)

Alfred Hitchcock: I will never find a Hitchcock blonde as beautiful as you.

Alma Reville: Oh, Hitch. I've waited thirty years to hear you say that.

Alfred Hitchcock: And that my dear, is why they call me the Master of Suspense.

Alma Reville: It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream, and her head. Charming. Doris Day should do it as a musical!

Alfred Hitchcock: I'm under extraordinary pressures on this picture and the least you can do is give me your full support.

Alma Reville: Full support! We've mortgaged our house! I'm your wife! I celebrate with you when the reviews are good. I cry for you when they are bad! I put up with all those people who look through me as if I were invisible because all they see is the great and glorious ALFRED HITCHCOCK!

Alma Reville: You shouldn't wait until half way through. Kill her after thirty minutes.

Alma Reville: I'm going to ask you this once, and I'll never mention it again.

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Alma Reville: Why this one, Hitch?

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Alma Reville: It's not just because so many people are saying *no*, is it?

Alfred Hitchcock: Do you remember the fun we had when we started out all those years ago?

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Alfred Hitchcock: We didn't have any money then, did we? We didn't have any time, either. But we took risks, do you remember?

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Alfred Hitchcock: We experimented. We invented new ways of making pictures because we had to.

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Alfred Hitchcock: I just want to feel that kind of

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Alfred Hitchcock: freedom again.

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Alfred Hitchcock: Like we used to, you know?

Alma Reville: Are we going to have to sell the whole house, or just the pool?

Alma Reville: You know, Hitch always says that your private life is in danger of being more entertaining than any of your plots.

Whitfield Cook: Well, I'm surprised he let me have you for the whole afternoon. Especially looking so beautiful. So, tell me, what are you working on these days?

Alma Reville: Me? I'm satisfied working in my garden.

Whitfield Cook: Well, that's one lucky garden.

Alma Reville: You know, all this relentless sycophancy is actually giving me indigestion. What are you after?

Whitfield Cook: I was hoping that you may be able to apply your considerable pruning skills to this.

Alma Reville: Ah, all is finally revealed. Whit, you are a little predictable, you know?

Whitfield Cook: The most fun I ever had was working with you.