I don't study any films. I'll watch them, but I don't study anyone else. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I shot film with the Coen brothers on 'Hail, Caesar!' That's fine. I'm sentimental about film; I've shot film for forty years… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
There's so many films from around the world, I emphasize, that are so beautifully photographed, but they don't get the recognition. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Some of the smallest things on a smaller film, to me, are greater achievements than on a big film when you have… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in the mystery of cinematography - what happens in the camera is what the cinematographers create and all… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
To me if there's an achievement to lighting and photography in a film it's because nothing stands out, it all works as… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
If I am creating the shots from scratch I may have to spend more time holding the directors hand and therefore have… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I think technology has advanced so far now that there are some cameras on the market that give film a run for… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Am I nostalgic for film? … I mean, it’s had a good run, hasn’t it? You know, I’m not nostalgic for a… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
There are some sequences in films that I think work filmicly, that stand out to me, but thats much more to do… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I love reading different scripts and helping create different looks, different environments. Sometimes you go to meet a director over a particular… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Some of what I consider my best work, and some of the best films that I've ever worked on, kind of disappear… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
My dad was a builder, so I didn't have any connection to the arts at all. I never really considered film as… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
If I bring anything to the Coen Brothers' films, it's my ability to change tack and create a different mood from film… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
The little town I was brought up in, I'd go to the film society to these very extreme sorts of films that… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I did a few documentaries as co-director and cameraman. I started off shooting a film about the war in Rhodesia. Then I… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Every scene is a challenge. There are technical challenges, but often it's the simplest challenge where you feel a sense of achievement when you… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Maybe that sounds a bit pretentious, but I think life experience is always more important than technical knowledge. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I came up, I suppose, a fairly traditional way. I went to art college. I always wanted to be a stills photographer, really, when… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I love reading different scripts and helping create different looks, different environments. Sometimes you go to meet a director over a particular script, and… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I don't study any films. I'll watch them, but I don't study anyone else. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to art college,… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
My time in documentaries was very educating, in terms of life experience as well as the filmmaking side of it. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Someone said to me, early on in film school if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything, because that is the… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
What's seemingly a simple thing can actually be the hardest to achieve. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
