“One key element to Hitchcock is the drooping jowl. That was crucial because his silhouette is crucial. There is something about his silhouette that became his brand.” KeysElementsBrandsCrucialHitchcockSilhouettes Author:Toby Jones
“There's something in the rhythm and roll of it that is connected to the way Hitchcock thinks and moves. Then there is everything he ingested - the cigar smoking and drinking that's imprinted on his voice.” ThinkingWayMovingVoiceDrinkingConnectedRhythmSmokingCigarHitchcockSmoking And Drinking Author:Toby Jones
“I was a fan of Hitchcock, but more importantly than that, he is such an inscrutable man, and a very carefully inscrutable man. He apparently was blank-faced with a calm and controlled presence. I was immediately anxious and thought, 'How am I going to get behind that?'” MenBehindsFansCalmControlledAnxiousBlankHitchcockInscrutable Author:Toby Jones
“I think it will be, as always, interesting to compare different portrayals of Hitchcock. I'm very honored that I'm playing the same part as Anthony Hopkins.” ThinkingDifferentInterestingCompareHonoredHitchcockHopkinsPortrayal Author:Toby Jones
“The prosthetics were interesting because the artist was so good that they could just put a Hitchcock mask on me, but you don't want to do that. You're an actor playing Hitchcock, so it's about how much of that you're going to do.” WantArtistActorsInterestingMaskHitchcockProsthetics Author:Toby Jones
“It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.” HardFilmImagineFansInfluenceKeysShadowCinemaHitchcock Author:Toby Jones
“The thing about Hitchcock which is quite extraordinary for a director of that time, he had a very strong sense of his own image and publicizing himself. Just a very strong sense of himself as the character of Hitchcock.” CharacterStrongDirectorsExtraordinaryVery StrongHitchcock Author:Toby Jones
“I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But my admiration for Hitchcock the filmmaker remains undiminished. He is a giant of the cinema and the darkness in him informs his cinematic language. You can't separate one from the other.” KnowsFeelsLooksStillsLanguageDarknessRemainsCinemaFilmmakerGiantsAdmirationElusiveCinematicHitchcock Author:Toby Jones
“They know you're not Alfred Hitchcock, but you need to be enough Alfred Hitchcock for them not to be bothered by it. That's a reassuring thing.” KnowsNeedsEnoughBotheredReassuringHitchcock Author:Toby Jones
“Particularly [Alfred] Hitchcock, who takes his time with everything he says. There's a controlling way in how he speaks because he takes his time to finish all his sentences.” WaySpeakSentencesHitchcock Author:Toby Jones
“I had to change the shape of my own voice. It was quite hard to pull off and so once I had it, I stayed in Hitchcock's voice all day on set.” HardVoiceMy OwnShapesHitchcock Author:Toby Jones
“Hitchcock is a big ask. I am playing someone significantly older than me and someone significantly bigger than me. The stuff I find very interesting is why certain physical things have come about. How can he be light on his feet when he is so big? How can his weight vary so much? Where does this rather beautiful voice come from?” DoeBigsLightBeautifulCertainAsksStuffVoiceInterestingFeetWeightBiggerVery InterestingVaryHitchcockPhysical ThingsPlaying SomeoneBeautiful Voice Author:Toby Jones
“Hitchcock's got a very interesting voice; it's a very controlled, measured rhythm that's quite slow and, in that sense, also felt quite controlling in its pace. He retained something from his childhood, that London sound, as well as adopting some of the L.A. sounds... All of this helps you create the character.” WellsCharacterHelpingFeltSoundVoiceInterestingChildhoodLondonRhythmControlledPaceVery InterestingAdoptingHitchcock Author:Toby Jones
