Tippi Hedren Quotes
On
Alfred Hitchcock: "To be the object of somebody's obsession is a really awful feeling when you can't return it."
On March 1, 2005, she was asked which is her favorite
Alfred Hitchcock film that she starred in, and her response was: "I think
Marnie. They were both so different that it's kind of hard to figure out which, but
The Birds was sort of a chase. All of the Hitchcock films have a mystery to them and that sort of thing, but the personality of Marnie was so intriguing. She was really - poor Marnie".
"My advice to anyone contemplating acting as a profession is to be independently wealthy or have another vocation as a backup. Melanie and Antonio are well set, but most actors make a pittance."
"For years, directors and producers came up to me and said they'd wanted me for a role, but [Alfred Hitchcock] wouldn't allow it. The worst was when I found out that Francois Truffaut had wanted to cast me. I'd never heard a word about it. That one hurt."
On being offered the title role in Marnie (1964) by Alfred Hitchcock: "I was stunned. I was amazed that he would offer me this incredible role and that he would have that kind of faith in me. . .I thought Marnie was an extremely interesting role to play and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
