“Many (editors) have the technique. I don't think there are quite as many who can make a film purely emotional...”

“I can't think of any film that improved on a good novel, but I can think of many good films that came from very bad novels.”

“I don't make a film to make people like it. I make a film to make people think”

“Not many people can lay claim to having broken Time, and we did it purely by accident.”

“It must be my logical consideration of a decision many see as purely intuitive or emotional that throws other people for a loop.”

“I said, "I don't think I can give you that kind of emotion." And he [Hitchcock] sat there and said, "Ingrid, fake it!" Well, that was the best advice I've had in my whole life, because in all the years to come there were many directors who gave me what I thought were quite impossible instructions and many difficult things to do, and just when I was on the verge of starting to argue with them, I heard his voice coming to me through the air saying, "Ingrid, fake it!" It saved a lot of unpleasant situations and waste of time.”