I went to film school and studied Alfred Hitchcock. I knew of Alma Reville existence, but had no idea really who she was or how influential she was o…

- Sacha Gervasi

The good thing about the Anvil school of filmmaking was that it was fly by the seat of your pants. There was no safety net.

- Sacha Gervasi

Being English definitely gave me some insight into these eccentric Brits puttering around Hollywood.

- Sacha Gervasi

When you take on Hitchcock you know it's gonna provoke some sort of controversy, because there were so many people talking about the book [Stephen Re…

- Sacha Gervasi

I think Alma Reville was the only one Alfred Hitchcock trusted. When it came to issues of taste or what the audience wanted, down to editing, script …

- Sacha Gervasi

I think everyone who saw Alfred Hitchcock Psycho movie, as I did when I was young, was impacted. The shower scene is nuts. It still is, and I think w…

- Sacha Gervasi

Whether it's a guy living in an airport like Viktor Navorski in The Terminal, or Anvil in Toronto, or Alfred Hitchcock who's imprisoned by his succes…

- Sacha Gervasi

Of course, when you're doing something that's unexpected, people are going to have a very specific point of view about it, but I think it's all good …

- Sacha Gervasi

I really relate to outsider characters. Especially the eccentric, lunatic weirdos like Alfred Hitchcock, Viktor Navorski in The Terminal, or the Anvi…

- Sacha Gervasi