Surfing is incredible. It's both meditative and physical. I think it was my way into California. — Rachel Morrison California Copy Share Image
It would be naive to say that you could make a movie on film for the same price you can digitally. — Rachel Morrison Cinema Copy Share Image
I think lighting is a reflection of what is at stake emotionally in a movie. — Rachel Morrison Emotionally Copy Share Image
I've had something like seven films at Sundance, one of which won the Grand Jury Prize. — Rachel Morrison Cinema Copy Share Image
Photos have the real task of bringing exposure to places that we otherwise don't have much awareness of. — Rachel Morrison Awareness Copy Share Image
It's hard to go back to shooting contemporary apartment interiors after you shoot something like 'Mudbound.' — Rachel Morrison Back Copy Share Image
Life is unpredictable, and I feel, to some extent, lighting and cinematography should be a reflection of that. — Rachel Morrison Cinematography Copy Share Image
It's always a challenge to shoot a period film and not have it look like you hit the tea stain button in… — Rachel Morrison Always Copy Share Image
I came up in photography, and Dust Bowl-era photography is a lot of the reason that I got behind the camera in… — Rachel Morrison Camera Copy Share Image
The only consistency in the work I do is that I try to use cinematography to best tell the narrative and do… — Rachel Morrison Best Copy Share Image
I was probably five when I first picked up a camera. My mom had an Olympus OM-10 that she carried around to… — Rachel Morrison Camera Copy Share Image
The best kind of entertainment is the kind that also makes you question something or think outside the box or live another… — Rachel Morrison Another life Copy Share Image
The focus has to be about making good work. I don't ever want to be hired for a job because I'm a… — Rachel Morrison Feminism Copy Share Image
My experience - I'll never know what happens behind closed doors or why I don't get hired for something, but I've never… — Rachel Morrison Behind closed doors Copy Share Image
For me, it's always been about the work - it wasn't about, 'Let's go break some ceilings.' I just wanted to tell… — Rachel Morrison Best Copy Share Image
You just sort of get used to being one of the only women on set, so it's really refreshing to start to… — Rachel Morrison Only Copy Share Image
Your movie becomes much more narrow-minded when you have like-minded department heads. Whereas if you can surround yourself with people who have… — Rachel Morrison Emotions Copy Share Image
The big trick is just to get to a point where we're just considered DPs, and we're not 'female DPs.' When you… — Rachel Morrison Director Copy Share Image
So much of 'Mudbound' is about man's relationship to the land and to the elements. It's about the desire for control and… — Rachel Morrison Control Copy Share Image
Part of the reason why I love to operate is because I find that so much of what we do is instinctual.… — Rachel Morrison Body Copy Share Image
I did photography in summer camp; I did it in high school. The only hard decision I've had to make was whether… — Rachel Morrison Cinema Copy Share Image
I think you can make a gorgeous movie on any piece of equipment. Look at 'Tangerine,' which is a beautiful movie shot… — Rachel Morrison Beautiful Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to adapt to the West Coast. I lived eight years in New York before California and… — Rachel Morrison Adapt Copy Share Image
We shot 'Mudbound' in the South in the summer, which meant we were working in extreme heat and humidity at all times… — Rachel Morrison Day Copy Share Image
I love faces that have freckles. I love faces that have wrinkles. For me, beauty is naturalism, I guess. — Rachel Morrison Beauty Copy Share Image
If there's anything consistent about my work, it's not flat. — Rachel Morrison About Copy Share Image
For me, it's just always about trying to tell stories that I care about. — Rachel Morrison About Copy Share Image
As artists, we can't help but infuse our art with our own experience, so your experience becomes informative. — Rachel Morrison Art Copy Share Image
Authenticity, to me, is something that you feel, and if it doesn't feel authentic, you pick up on it right away. — Rachel Morrison Authentic Copy Share Image
I might be one of the very few people in this industry who doesn't have a 'me too' story. — Rachel Morrison Industry Copy Share Image
The cinematographer's basically translating the director's vision into imagery. — Rachel Morrison Cinema Copy Share Image
I believe in naturalistic lighting, which isn't to say natural light. — Rachel Morrison Believe Copy Share Image
We really owe it to our world to infuse our entertainment with messaging. — Rachel Morrison Entertainment Copy Share Image
