Alfred Hitchcock, when accepting the American Film Institute Life Achievement award: "I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, and encouragement, and constant collaboration. The first of the four is a film editor, the second is a scriptwriter, the third is the mother of my daughter Pat [Patricia Hitchcock], and the fourth is as fine a cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen. And their names are Alma Reville."

"Had the beautiful Ms. Reville not accepted a lifetime contract without options as Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock some 53 years ago, Mr. Alfred Hitchcock might be in this room tonight, not at this table but as one of the slower waiters on the floor."

Reville worked for her husband as story consultant, script editor, continuity person and overall sounding board. She was his closest confidante and his most trusted ally. Her importance was such that the film critic Charles Champlin wrote an article in the Los Angeles Times entitled "Alma Reville Hitchcock - The Unsung Partner," "The Hitchcock touch has four hands and two of them are Alma's."

Collaborators have stated that the greatest compliment that Hitchcock would give was to say "Alma loved it." (IMDb)