--- title: "4 Camera Quotes By Paul Morrissey" description: "4 Camera quotes by Paul Morrissey. Plus more from Paul Morrissey and more Camera sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/paul-morrissey-14753_camera_andy-was-not-a-director-and-not-a-writer_1127001.jpg" --- > [Andy was not a director and not a writer. He operated the camera a little bit, and he wasn't even so good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/andy-was-not-a-director-and-not-a-writer-he-operated-the-camera-a/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/paul-morrissey-14753_camera_andy-was-not-a-director-and-not-a-writer_1127001.jpg) > [Most of the time, I leave the camera on the obvious special effects, like the rubber bodies, so that it become obvious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/most-of-the-time-i-leave-the-camera-on-the-obvious-special-effects/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/paul-morrissey-14753_camera_most-of-the-time-i-leave-the-camera-on-t_1298511.jpg) > [If a person is in front of a camera, they're acting. It's not possible to live in front of a camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/if-a-person-is-in-front-of-a-camera-they-re-acting-it-s-not-possible/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/paul-morrissey-14753_acting_if-a-person-is-in-front-of-a-camera-they_2429069.jpg) > [Andy was an offbeat personality, shy and insecure. The whole reason for taking a camera with him wherever he went was because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/andy-was-an-offbeat-personality-shy-and-insecure-the-whole-reason-for/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/paul-morrissey-14753_camera_andy-was-an-offbeat-personality-shy-and_2723084.jpg) ## Other authors on Camera - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-wilson-52521.jpg) John Wilson 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/john-wilson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-ellen-mark-65021.jpg) Mary Ellen Mark 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/mary-ellen-mark/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henri-cartierbresson-41329.jpg) Henri Cartier-Bresson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/henri-cartier-bresson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hockney-27569.jpg) David Hockney 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/david-hockney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-annie-leibovitz-13912.jpg) Annie Leibovitz 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/annie-leibovitz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kim-weston-57281.jpg) Kim Weston 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/kim-weston/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gordon-parks-39048.jpg) Gordon Parks 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/gordon-parks/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eve-arnold-34296.jpg) Eve Arnold 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/eve-arnold/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ansel-adams-13994.jpg) Ansel Adams 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/ansel-adams/) - [RaMell Ross 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/ramell-ross/) - [Rachel Morrison 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/rachel-morrison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-diamandis-74795.jpg) Peter Diamandis 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/peter-diamandis/) ## More by Paul Morrissey > [Very few people took sordid things and made comedies out of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/very-few-people-took-sordid-things-and-made-comedies-out-of-them/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [You don't put your personal viewpoints in a good movie. A movie should only be concerned with characters, not some big moral, although it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/you-don-t-put-your-personal-viewpoints-in-a-good-movie-a-movie-should/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [Andy was a character, and the two of us did have some things in common. We appreciated funny things, didn't like serious things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/andy-was-a-character-and-the-two-of-us-did-have-some-things-in-common/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [People treat serious subjects so seriously, which is so obvious a way of dealing with them. I'm always thinking that the best way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/people-treat-serious-subjects-so-seriously-which-is-so-obvious-a-way/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [What made Andy famous was the years I managed him. I created the Velvet Underground and told him not to worry about them because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/what-made-andy-famous-was-the-years-i-managed-him-i-created-the/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [Andy was not a hippie or rebel but more like a mischievous child. He was never out to destroy everything. He became a New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/andy-was-not-a-hippie-or-rebel-but-more-like-a-mischievous-child-he/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [I think it's absurd to believe that movies should look like paintings and say something like serious books say something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/i-think-it-s-absurd-to-believe-that-movies-should-look-like-paintings/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [Rome has New York's formlessness, aimlessness, a kind of hard-boiled sophistication, blase about everything. In their filmmaking, too, the Italians have this tongue-in-cheek sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/rome-has-new-york-s-formlessness-aimlessness-a-kind-of-hard-boiled/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [So many things go on in life that never find their way into the movies because so much of it is unappealing. But that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/so-many-things-go-on-in-life-that-never-find-their-way-into-the/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [Even Andy never hung his own paintings. He'd sell them or put them in a box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/even-andy-never-hung-his-own-paintings-he-d-sell-them-or-put-them-in/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [I did say to myself one day, 'I'd love to be a Jewish comedian,' but that's my only memory with any connection to show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/i-did-say-to-myself-one-day-i-d-love-to-be-a-jewish-comedian-but-that/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [The people of Pittsburgh should have a weekend flea market at the Warhol. Andy would have loved that kind of stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/the-people-of-pittsburgh-should-have-a-weekend-flea-market-at-the/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [I never wanted to be anything special. I just wanted to make films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/i-never-wanted-to-be-anything-special-i-just-wanted-to-make-films/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [Andy was not a director and not a writer. He operated the camera a little bit, and he wasn't even so good at that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/andy-was-not-a-director-and-not-a-writer-he-operated-the-camera-a/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) > [I've always been an independent producer. I'd kind of like to be hired help for a change. I don't mind that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-morrissey/i-ve-always-been-an-independent-producer-i-d-kind-of-like-to-be-hired/) [Paul Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-morrissey/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/camera/paul-morrissey/#itemlist", "name": "4 Camera Quotes By Paul Morrissey", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Andy was not a director and not a writer. 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