Quotation by

Alfred Hitchcock

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

Movies

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Alfred Hitchcock is saying that a movie’s duration should be short enough to keep the audience comfortable without needing a bathroom break. He emphasizes that filmmakers should consider viewers’ physical limits when deciding how long a film should last.

More by this author

All quotes by Alfred Hitchcock →

More quotes about Movies

See all →

Film spectators are quiet vampires.

Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic.

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.