If you use hand-held techniques just to make the film stylish I think it's wrong. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I think too many film students in America are losing the artistry and not learning lighting the right way. — Vilmos Zsigmond 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
I think film is about images. Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
What I would suggest to the young people is to not forget this and don't try to get assimilated into today's Hollywood… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I don't think there is any advantage to digital unless it's in a case like Slumdog Millionaire, where you have to get… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
When I was in Hungary in December I was looking at student films and I could not tell which ones were shot… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I love the Dutch impressionists - Vermeer, Rembrandt. What they were able to do with light was astonishing. As for photographers, I… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I love Woody Allen. He's very clever, always thinking, and he's great with actors. He lets actors do what they want to… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I look at a picture like Scarecrow and think, 'Jesus, how could they have let us make that?' I mean, if you… — 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
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 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
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 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
I look at a picture like Scarecrow and think, 'Jesus, how could they have let us make that?' I mean, if you used technology… — Vilmos Zsigmond 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 to be… — Vilmos Zsigmond 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 light. — Vilmos Zsigmond 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 to work. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for… — Vilmos Zsigmond 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 be prepared… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I think that the audience should not be able to tell if it is real or not real - it should be an enhanced… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It means they… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Each story has a different approach for me and I try to work with lighting that will tell you visually the story better than… — 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 heart; there's… — Vilmos Zsigmond 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 the arts… — 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 great thing… — 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 would be lighting. He didn't think about his marks because they were set in the only places he could move.” quote by Vilmos Zsigmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b47/vilmos-zsigmond-9377_lighting_hayden-sterling-told-me-that-he-was-thri_2900639.jpg)
