Did You Know...
- Alfred Hitchcock was scared of his own films.
- Alfred Hitchcock tried to buy every copy of the book that "Psycho" was based on so that nobody would know the ending of the film while it was being made.
- Alfred Hitchcock was infamous for his cruel, twisted practical jokes. One time, he gave Tippi Hedren's 6 year old daughter a doll of her mother wearing a dress from The Birds and lying in a mini coffin.
- Alfred Hitchcock was frightened and revolted by eggs.
- Alfred Hitchcock has a fear of authority figures because of something that happened when he was around 5 years old. His father sent him to the police station with a note. The officer on duty read it, and then locked him in a cell for 5 minutes saying, "This is what we do to bad little boys."
- Alfred Hitchcock gave the shortest acceptance speech in Oscar history.
- "Psycho" was the first American film to show a toilet flushing on screen.
- "Psycho" was filmed in 30 days.