As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Sometimes the shots serve as homages to other movies and other directors, like Hitchcock. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
A good [film] director is talented, imaginative, and does his homework. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
There are many, many different kinds of movies and directors and styles. I don't mind that a movie looks like a movie. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I like to work with talented people, I must say that. That's my weakness. I really like to work with good directors.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
There are a lot of directors out there that don't like to deal with actors, I think. Many of them have said… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Kubrick was one of those directors who actually did practically everything in his movies. He actually directed, photographed, wrote, lit, edited -… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
When you are shooting a movie, you have to collaborate with many, many, many people. First of all, the director with all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
When I do a still picture, I'm doing it all by myself with no help. I'm designing everything. I am my own… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I was really fortunate from the time I arrived in Hollywood to work with some of the greatest directors from the beginning.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
You always like to be the collaborator. I don't want to take over the movie, because if I want to do that,… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I look at a picture like Scarecrow and think, 'Jesus, how could they have let us make that?' I mean, if you used technology… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also to be… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the light. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I am actually retired - yes, I am retired. But I like to work. So I'm retired until someone calls me up to work. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
With television, it's difficult to do some things. You have to shoot so many minutes a day, so you always have to be prepared… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I think that the audience should not be able to tell if it is real or not real - it should be an enhanced… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It means they… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
Each story has a different approach for me and I try to work with lighting that will tell you visually the story better than… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no heart; there's… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all the arts… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
In a period piece, particularly a fantasy, the lighting is your own choice, the lenses are your own choice. It's really a great thing… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
European films had art. And it was easy to make a European film. They didn't come from the studio system, they weren't shot in… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I should mention Vittorio Storaro, who was Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematographer. You watch those films and they are exceptional. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I don't think there is any advantage to digital unless it's in a case like Slumdog Millionaire, where you have to get a shot… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
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