Quotes By Tippi Hedren

It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don't be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.

I kinda go for the Jane Eyre type of film. I am fascinated by classics.

Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense.

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

I'm a loner.

Right now I'm looking at a liger out my bedroom window. He's half lion and half tiger. And he's absolutely beautiful. His name is Patrick.

Being the object of Alfred Hitchcock's obsession was horrific, but while he ruined my career, he could never ruin my life.

As far as I know, Vera Miles had a terrible time with Hitchcock, and she wanted to get out of the contract. He didn't let her. She did 'Psycho,' and I believe, if you look at 'Psycho,' there isn't one close up of Vera, not one. After that, she would never even speak about him to anyone.

I had to have help getting up these stairs because I've been tackled by so many lions and tigers. Really. I'm like an old football player.

So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn't have an income.

We had a lion that was living in somebody's basement outside of Branson, Missouri.

I had to be extremely strong to fight off Mr Hitchcock. He was so insistent and obsessive, but I was an extremely strong young woman, and there was no way he was going to get the better of me.

Animal abuse is rampant in the U.S., right under everyone's eyes, for the entertainment of the public. The brutal confinement and pain of training methods of wild animals in the circus, the aquatic and theatrical shows, leads to retaliation by the animals. Eventually they find the right time to strike out, and they will.