If it was up to me, we would eliminate close-ups and…

Let there be light, sound, drums, guitar. Let there be rock.

— ACDC

“Light upon light upon light--- back and back we trace it to its Source, radiating light and sound---a voice, an echo guiding those who…

— Neil Douglas-Klotz-Klotz

The beauty of a piece of music is not in its technique but in the Soul of its creator; nor is it in the…

— Walter Russell

I don't do close-ups any more. I am better looking from the waist downwards.

— Bruce Forsyth

I love being so tight on people in close-ups that the veins in their eyes look like the Mississippi River.

— Sylvester Stallone

For me, there's far too many close-ups in film. They're a television technique.

— Sam Levinson

TV helped me understand camera angles, close-ups, master shots.

— Sushant Singh Rajput

I dreaded doing close-ups.

— Jessie Matthews

I don't mind close-ups, I like them, but they're kind of forceful - you see a lot, you get a lot of information in…

— David Duchovny

If you push in every time there's a big moment, then the tenth time you push in, you're not going to get the same…

— Annette Bening

Obviously in the close-ups we bring extras around or we do it later, but them running in and the big shots, they don't know.…

— Jaume Collet-Serra

There's something a lot more self-conscious feeling when there's cameras coming in for close-ups. It makes you very aware.

— Tig Notaro

In standup, you don't have anything near you except a microphone. There's something a lot more self-conscious feeling when there's cameras coming in for…

— Tig Notaro

The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!

— Jacki Weaver

I see an incredible abuse of close-ups in many films these days. Why is that?

— Emmanuel Lubezki