Anthony Perkins Psycho Norman Bates

    by Capucine · old hollywood: Movies

    In Robert Bloch's novel, Norman Bates is described as short, balding, and overweight. Alfred Hitchcock made a deliberate choice when he cast the handsome Anthony Perkins in 'Psycho' (1960). This decision made Norman instantly more sympathetic and the film's shocking reveal all the more effective. #Movies

    Transcript (en)

    If you love someone, you don't do that to them even if you hate them. You understand? I don't hate her. I hate what she's become. I hate the illness. Wouldn't it be better if you put her... someplace... You mean an institution? A madhouse? People always call a madhouse someplace, don't they? Put her in someplace. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it to sound uncaring. What do you know about caring? Have you ever seen the inside of one of those places? The laughing and the tears and the cruel eyes studying you. My mother there But she harmless She as harmless as one of those stuffed birds I am sorry. I only felt... It seems she's hurting you. I meant well. People always mean well. They cluck their thick tongues and shake their heads and suggest oh so very delicately. Of course, I've suggested it myself, but I hate to even think about it. She needs me. It's not as if she were a maniac, a raving thing. She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. I don't know.