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> [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 or something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/i-shot-film-with-the-coen-brothers-on-hail-caesar-that-s-fine-i-m/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

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## More by Roger Deakins

> [I don't really like watching 3-D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/i-don-t-really-like-watching-3-d/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/every-scene-is-a-challenge-there-are-technical-challenges-but-often/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [Your whole life informs your eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/your-whole-life-informs-your-eye/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [Maybe that sounds a bit pretentious, but I think life experience is always more important than technical knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/maybe-that-sounds-a-bit-pretentious-but-i-think-life-experience-is/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [I came up, I suppose, a fairly traditional way. I went to art college. I always wanted to be a stills photographer, really, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/i-came-up-i-suppose-a-fairly-traditional-way-i-went-to-art-college-i/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [I love reading different scripts and helping create different looks, different environments. Sometimes you go to meet a director over a particular script, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/i-love-reading-different-scripts-and-helping-create-different-looks/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [I don't study any films. I'll watch them, but I don't study anyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/i-don-t-study-any-films-i-ll-watch-them-but-i-don-t-study-anyone-else/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/i-never-really-considered-film-as-a-career-but-i-knew-i-didn-t-want/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [My time in documentaries was very educating, in terms of life experience as well as the filmmaking side of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/my-time-in-documentaries-was-very-educating-in-terms-of-life/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [Someone said to me, early on in film school if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything, because that is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/someone-said-to-me-early-on-in-film-school-if-you-can-photograph-the/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [What's seemingly a simple thing can actually be the hardest to achieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/what-s-seemingly-a-simple-thing-can-actually-be-the-hardest-to-achieve/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [I do think observing is important in learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/i-do-think-observing-is-important-in-learning/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [I think that lens flares can work really well under certain circumstances. Personally, I am trying to get rid of them most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/i-think-that-lens-flares-can-work-really-well-under-certain/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [Am I nostalgic for film? … I mean, it’s had a good run, hasn’t it? You know, I’m not nostalgic for a technology. I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/am-i-nostalgic-for-film-i-mean-it-s-had-a-good-run-hasn-t-it-you-know/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

> [The balance of the frame - the way an actor is relating to the space in the frame - is the most important factor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/the-balance-of-the-frame-the-way-an-actor-is-relating-to-the-space-in/)

[Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/)

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