You can't just stick with what you know, you have to evolve. — Vilmos Zsigmond Change Copy Share Image
I don't know the American photographers as well, but I admit I love Ansel Adams. His landscapes are so crisp. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well. — Vilmos Zsigmond Actor Copy Share Image
I think that film is still an artform and it doesn't really matter if you're using a digital camera or a film… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cameras Copy Share Image
There is something more to "reality" than just the tangible. There is also mood, and you cannot skip that. — Vilmos Zsigmond Mood Copy Share Image
The best way to know when there's good lighting is when you don't notice it. — Vilmos Zsigmond Best way Copy Share Image
Sometimes the shots serve as homages to other movies and other directors, like Hitchcock. — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema Copy Share Image
I don't like to be in front of the camera - my place is behind the camera. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
If you use hand-held techniques just to make the film stylish I think it's wrong. — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema Copy Share Image
I think that the audience should not be able to tell if it is real or not real - it should be… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
The studios are never going to make $200 million a picture with those types of movies. It's not familiar to them, and… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I had never met Woody Allen before Melinda and Melinda. My agent knew the producer of the movie and he suggested that… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
When we came to America, the movies here needed a "new wave." European films looked totally different than American movies, which were… — Vilmos Zsigmond America Copy Share Image
I shot a lot of commercials and sometimes I enjoy the commercial shooting and sometimes I really hate it, but in thirty… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Hayden [Sterling] told me that he was thrilled about the way he moved around the set, that wherever he would go, there… — 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 Directors Copy Share Image
I always try to tell the story the best possible way. I create the mood for each scene in a way that… — Vilmos Zsigmond Audience Copy Share Image
In Slumdog Millionaire when you are immersed in the point of view of children in the slum and the bustle of the… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
If you need to strap a camera to you or get in a small space, then it makes sense to use digital.I… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
In a period piece, particularly a fantasy, the lighting is your own choice, the lenses are your own choice. It's really a… — Vilmos Zsigmond Choices 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
I think all cinematographers, at least most of them, would love to do everything on location because you cannot cheat on location.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cold 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 Cinema Copy Share Image
I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Advice Copy Share Image
I really like to work with people who know a lot, but they also give me space so I can add something… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
A good [film] director is talented, imaginative, and does his homework. — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema Copy Share Image
Some movies are what I would call murky. Just because it's murky doesn't make it artistic. It makes it hard to see. — Vilmos Zsigmond Artistic Copy Share Image
I think too many film students in America are losing the artistry and not learning lighting the right way. — Vilmos Zsigmond America 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 Cinema Copy Share Image
For me, movies should be visual. If you want dialogue, you should read a book. — Vilmos Zsigmond Book Copy Share Image
I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema Copy Share Image
I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cameraman Copy Share Image
I am actually retired - yes, I am retired. But I like to work. So I'm retired until someone calls me up… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
There are, of course, many, many, many good cinematographers and unfortunately they don't work as much as many of those people who… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinematographers Copy Share Image
With television, it's difficult to do some things. You have to shoot so many minutes a day, so you always have to… — 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 Actors Copy Share Image
You make a film for a million dollars and then it costs $10 million to sell it. That's the problem at the… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema Copy Share Image
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