"I'm not against violence. I'm against boring violence."

"Casting is characterization."

"Violence on the screen increases violence in people only if those people already have sick minds. I once read somewhere that a man admitted killing three women and he said he had killed the third woma…"

"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 …"

"Deep inside, I am a shy man. And in the presence of colorful characters, I am a clam. I never try to outeccentric the eccentrics!"