--- title: "10 Using Film Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 10 Using Film quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Using Film sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/damien-chazelle-8242_combining_i-love-the-idea-of-using-film-language-s_910729.jpg" --- > [I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-chazelle/i-love-the-idea-of-using-film-language-similarly-to-how-musicians-use/) [Damien Chazelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-chazelle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/damien-chazelle-8242_combining_i-love-the-idea-of-using-film-language-s_910729.jpg) > [I'm not really satisfied with the technology today. Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vilmos-zsigmond/i-m-not-really-satisfied-with-the-technology-today-using-film-was-so/) [Vilmos Zsigmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vilmos-zsigmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/vilmos-zsigmond-9377_cinema_i-m-not-really-satisfied-with-the-techno_2913679.png) > [I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-figgis/i-started-using-film-as-part-of-live-theatre-performance-what-used-to/) [Mike Figgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-figgis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4b/mike-figgis-20392_art_i-started-using-film-as-part-of-live-the_70605.jpg) > [I know, of course, that by using film we can bring in other previously unknown worlds, realities beyond reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingmar-bergman/i-know-of-course-that-by-using-film-we-can-bring-in-other-previously/) [Ingmar Bergman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingmar-bergman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/ingmar-bergman-4973_beyond-reality_i-know-of-course-that-by-using-film-we-c_2910454.jpg) > [If you need to strap a camera to you or get in a small space, then it makes sense to use digital.I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vilmos-zsigmond/if-you-need-to-strap-a-camera-to-you-or-get-in-a-small-space-then-it/) [Vilmos Zsigmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vilmos-zsigmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/vilmos-zsigmond-9377_be-good_if-you-need-to-strap-a-camera-to-you-or_1480117.jpg) > [As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-caine/as-an-actor-my-attitude-towards-using-of-film-versus-digital-is-if/) [Michael Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-caine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/michael-caine-1152_attitude_as-an-actor-my-attitude-towards-using-of_2368156.jpg) > [There is a difference between creating something and just capturing something. And when we were using film, it was not that fast,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vilmos-zsigmond/there-is-a-difference-between-creating-something-and-just-capturing/) [Vilmos Zsigmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vilmos-zsigmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/vilmos-zsigmond-9377_bypass_there-is-a-difference-between-creating-s_1788954.png) > [If your income on films or whatever you're producing using film drops below a certain level, then you don't have enough money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-freeman/if-your-income-on-films-or-whatever-you-re-producing-using-film-drops/) [Morgan Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-freeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/morgan-freeman-1202_business_if-your-income-on-films-or-whatever-you_713890.jpg) > [Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital is still at the beginning of what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vilmos-zsigmond/using-film-was-so-much-easier-than-the-digital-technology-of-today/) [Vilmos Zsigmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vilmos-zsigmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/vilmos-zsigmond-9377_advantage_using-film-was-so-much-easier-than-the-d_869788.png) > [“There were absolutely amazing photographs everywhere, on everyone's Facebook page and everyone's iPhone and Instagram, just floating around in cyberspace for eternity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-raleigh-baskin/there-were-absolutely-amazing-photographs-everywhere-on-everyone-s/) [Nora Raleigh Baskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-raleigh-baskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/nora-raleigh-baskin-26330_every-day_there-were-absolutely-amazing-photograph_1472240.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/using-film/#itemlist", "name": "Using Film Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Damien Chazelle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-chazelle/i-love-the-idea-of-using-film-language-similarly-to-how-musicians-use/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/damien-chazelle-8242_combining_i-love-the-idea-of-using-film-language-s_910729.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/damien-chazelle-8242_combining_i-love-the-idea-of-using-film-language-s_910729.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/damien-chazelle-8242_combining_i-love-the-idea-of-using-film-language-s_910729.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in…” — Damien Chazelle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not really satisfied with the technology today. 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