Alfred Hitchcock's anecdote.

It is recalled that Hitchcock was very introverted, lonely and shy when he was a teenager, and he was unwilling to associate with more people. It was only in middle school that his character gradually became cheerful. He himself recalled that when he was a child, he was particularly sensitive to the darkness and was very afraid of going up the stairs. For him, there must be something terrible in the darkness at the corner of the stairs at home. In middle school, although I already like to associate with my classmates, I always seem to taste and relieve my inner loneliness alone. Hitchcock, who was walking on the wet streets of London at that time, liked to read various maps, train timetables, travel manuals and so on. It seems that a distant life is calling him.

Hitchcock's family are all Catholics, and they are a minority in Leiden, Si Tong and even Britain. His mother is of Irish descent, and his father's branch comes from an English Catholic sect with a long history.

Hitchcock once told charlotte chandler that his family remembered that the day he was born was Sunday, because it was "the only Sunday in my mother's life that she never went to church".

Hitchcock's mother pays great attention to her words and deeds and clothes, and is always meticulous about housework and herself. Influenced by her, Hitchcock always admired the ladies who wore gloves, especially the way ingrid bergman took off her gloves.

Hitchcock's wife Alma once said, "My husband has been together for so many years and never bored me. I believe that not many wives can say that. "

Hitchcock hoped to cooperate with claudette colbert, william holden and Audrey Hepburn, so he envied billy wilder, the director who had worked with these actors. However, billy wilder told him that the actor he wanted to work with most was gary grant (one of Hitchcock's imperial heroes). Hitchcock never looked at the camera viewfinder when shooting.

Many of Hitchcock's dark suits are not really black, but they just look like black. In fact, they are a very deep dark blue, called "French blue".

The Necromancer is Hitchcock's first color film.

Strange Bodies is the only unprofitable film made by Hitchcock for Paramount, which lost nearly half a million dollars.

Hitchcock's wife Alma became an American citizen in 1950, while Hitchcock waited until 1955. When Herbert Coleman forced Hitchcock to the federal court, Hitchcock explained to him, "Hitchcock's surname is almost as old as the British Empire. It is not easy for me to give it up at once, such a long British history and tradition. But if I don't, Alma will never forgive me. "

Hitchcock's favorite painter is paul klee, and his favorite sculptor is Rodin. He is also proud of owning a Rodin work.

James stewart, one of Hitchcock's imperial heroes, once recalled: "When Hitchcock was in Marrakech, the weather was very hot, even in the shade of trees, it was 43 degrees Celsius, but he almost never took off his dark coat or even tie."

Hitchcock once told his good friend charlotte chandler that if he didn't become a director, he would become a criminal lawyer. "My interest in law has always been as great as my interest in food. Still be a heavy-handed judge. " Hitchcock said.

Food always appears frequently in Hitchcock's movies, and even when it seems useless, it always helps to determine the role. Hitchcock said: "Food preference can tell a person's personality." "I always think about this problem very carefully. The character in my movie will never eat food that is inconsistent with his personality. "

Hitchcock and his daughter Patricia Alma Hitchcock have a very popular story: In the playground, Hitchcock promised her daughter who was afraid of heights that she would be given 100 dollars as long as she got on the Ferris wheel. Several electricians played a joke on them, deliberately turned off the lights and pretended to have left, leaving Pat in the dark for two or three minutes. Later, many people rumored that Hitchcock took a few hours on it and left, making the story even more horrible, thinking that this was in line with Hitchcock's character-in fact, this is not true, Hitchcock was never a sadist.

Many actors complained that Hitchcock didn't give them guidance during filming, but gary grant was very grateful to him for letting him ponder the role. Hitchcock knew that Grant knew better than anyone how to play gary grant: "I don't need to guide him, I just need to put him in front of the camera."

Once, a boy of about 7 years old met Hitchcock and asked him, "Mr. Hitchcock, are you made of the blood in Psycho?" ? Is it chicken blood? Hitchcock replied, "No, it's chocolate sauce." "The little boy said" OK "and left with satisfaction.

Although Hitchcock's films are always full of suspense and surprises, he actually hates surprises, even well-meaning surprises, because it makes him feel out of control.

I've been packing suspense all my life.

On August 1979, when he was 80th birthday, his friends sat in a wheelchair to celebrate Hitchcock's birthday. Then he suddenly stood up from his wheelchair and said, "What I want most at this time is a beautifully packaged horror film."