Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

The Motive (1958)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [introduction] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [Hitchcock is sitting in a chair with his coat off sewing on a button on the coat]  Good evening. I always sew on my own buttons. It's out of sentiment. You see, an ancestor of mine was the inventor of the buttonhole. It happened during a duel, although his opponent never knew it was a duel. Unfortunately, this resulted in the false notion that the buttonhole should be in the back of the coat. Actually, the invention of the buttonhole brought a great sigh of relief from the whole world. You see, the button had been invented long before, and for over 100 years, the world hadn't known what to do with it.

• [afterword] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [Hitchcock is now in his coat, leaning over the chair]  Well, that only goes to prove that you can't be too careful about whom you murder. It might turn out to be someone you don't like. Next time, we shall be back with another story. Until then, good night.