I had no special admiration for the novel, and I don’t think I would have made the picture if it hadn’t been for Ingrid Bergman. I made the mistake of thinking that to get Bergman would be a tremendous feat. It made the whole thing so costly that there was no point in it. Joseph Cotten wasn’t the right type. Burt Lancaster would have been better. If I’d been thinking clearly I’d never have tackled a costume picture. You’ll notice I’ve never done any since. Besides, there wasn’t enough humour in the film. — Alfred Hitchcock