Quote of the day, June 6 -- "A boy's best friend is his mother," - Anthony Perkins' Norman Bates.

The above controversial line is from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, a massive commercial hit and a cultural phenomenon.

The lines are from the film's famous parlour scene, where Norman Bates (played by Perkins) shares sandwiches with Marion Crane ( played by Janet Leigh) inside the Bates Motel. The setting itself gets strangely uncomfortable. Norman is surrounded by stuffed birds and taxidermied animals, seemingly both ordinary and deeply unsettling for him. As Marion gently suggests that Norman should consider putting his overbearing mother "someplace" where she can receive care, his demeanour suddenly changes. The shy, awkward charm turns int...