"I have a lot of affection for Norman Bates and a lot of sympathy. So does the audience, I think. He`s not just a monster. He`s tortured." - Anthony Perkins
"She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother." - Norman Bates
"In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don`t want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings." - Alfred Hitchcock
Anthony Perkins (4th April 1932 – 12th September 1992)
