"I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, and encouragement, and constant collaboration. The first of the four is a film editor, the second is a scriptwriter, the third is the mother of my daughter Pat, and the fourth is as fine a cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen. And their names are . Had the beautiful Miss Reville not accepted a lifetime contract without options as Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock some 53 years ago, Mr. Alfred Hitchcock might be in this room tonight, not at this table but as one of the slower waiters on the floor."
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Speaking on March 11, 1979, accepting AFI's Life Achievement Award; as paraphrased in "A Big Hollywood Turnout for Alfred Hitchcock; "Hollywood Salute to Alfred Hitchcock" by , Los Angeles Times (March 12, 1979); quoted in Alma Hitchcock: The Woman Behind the Man (2003) by Pat Hitchcock, pp. 220–221; and heard in "Alfred Hitchcock Accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979", YouTube (April 16, 2009)
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Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, closely associated with the suspense thriller genre. He is a well-known man and an award-winning director. He directed and produced three of the American Film Institute Top 100 Films, Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), and North by Northwest (1959), two psychological thrillers and a suspense film. Additionally, Vertigo was rated as the best film of all time in the 2012 British Film Institute
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