WILLIAM FRIEDKIN: I did the last Alfred Hitchcock Hour ever made. My contact with Hitchcock consisted of him coming on the set on my first day of shooting to film his introduction. I was really terrified, because he was this great director. He came up to me and stared. He said, “Mr. Friedkin, you’re not wearing a tie. Usually our directors wear ties.” I thought he was putting me on, but he was absolutely straight. That’s all he ever said to me.
