Alfred Hitchcock Talks About His Relationship With Actors | The Dick Cavett Show

Alfred Hitchcock compares actors to cattle!

Date aired - June 8, 1972 - Alfred Hitchcock

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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.

His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.

Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.

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[mountainteddy]

Imagine a show where they talk about the work and not your dating life

[Lark]

I hate to be the "those where the days" guy, but imagine Kimmel or Fallon discussing about the Kuleshov effect and soviet film school ideas with their guests.

[stevenhaskell]

Dick has interviewed soo many dead legends. Hes still alive himself ✌🏻

[Markus_Andrew]

Actually, in this video Hitchcock talks more about editing techniques and the psychology of film audiences than he does about his relationship with actors, of which he says very little. In other words, it's far more interesting than the title suggests.

[yes-fqjd]

Hitchcock was a lot funnier than I thought.

[NothingMaster]

Not a boring moment, when you’re in the company of Hitchcock.

[leftyfourguns]

I've never actually seen him speak about anything before (thanks random YouTube recommendation) but it's clear to see he has a deep understanding of people, how our emotions and motivations work. I think that's the key to being a great director. Great directors, writers, designers, etc. could almost be considered psychologists.

[smoothbeak]

This dude is the master of dry humour, and you never quite know if he's joking or not!

[thedolphin]

Just the way Hitchcock speaks is suspenseful and almost terrifying. His every phrase is ambiguous and dangerous! He seems sometimes on the point of humour and sometimes ready to execute Cavett. He has, inside that head of his, an incredibly astute, forensic mind.

[Doug]

what is funny, is hearing him with that serious British accent, which sounds so aristocratic and intelligent, yet what a wit and sense of humor, and so down to earth!

[austinskaggs]

He’s got one of those 19th century voices.

[scottk]

Imagine Fallon interviewing Hitchcock
Hitckcock: 😐
Fallon: 😂🤣😆😂😆🤣😂🤣😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂🤣😆😂🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣😆
Hitchcock: 😐

[rossg]

How talk shows have changed in my lifetime.

[picassoronal]

His sarcasm is unreal ! You can't tell if he's being serious or joking but either way you know you feel a chill in his presence lol

[nanny]

Dick Cavett and guests were pure class. We need you, Dick! Get back on television.

[brickfacemortar]

Hitchcock one of the greatest directors.

[MrMazhar]

🙄 Alfred Hitchcok knew human psychology and that's why his movies are classic

[randolfo]

Hitchcock, one of the (or perhaps THE greatest) great directors and a darn good interview

[archieleach]

This man was and still is the greatest storyteller on celluloid. I saw a film once, the name of which i cannot recall now. It was about a dead body being found in an idyllic countryside. One of the best Hitchcock films it was. So simple and yet so intriguing. Haven't seen anything quite like it since.

[peach]

A testament to his skill as a director is the fact that his moves were made with relatively rudimentary tools compared to the technology today, yet stand as BETTER movies than what comes out today.