I look at a picture like Scarecrow and think, 'Jesus, how could they have let us make that?' I mean, if you… — Vilmos Zsigmond Hollywood 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… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema 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… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cameraman 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… — Vilmos Zsigmond Call me 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… — Vilmos Zsigmond Contrast 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… — Vilmos Zsigmond Able 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 Able 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… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema 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… — Vilmos Zsigmond Approach 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… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cold 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… — Vilmos Zsigmond Advice 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… — Vilmos Zsigmond Choices Copy Share Image
European films had art. And it was easy to make a European film. They didn't come from the studio system, they weren't… — Vilmos Zsigmond Art Copy Share Image
I should mention Vittorio Storaro, who was Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematographer. You watch those films and they are exceptional. — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema 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 Advantage Copy Share Image
When you are shooting a movie, you have to collaborate with many, many, many people. First of all, the director with all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema Copy Share Image
You can't just stick with what you know, you have to evolve. — Vilmos Zsigmond Change Copy Share Image
When I do a still picture, I'm doing it all by myself with no help. I'm designing everything. I am my own… — Vilmos Zsigmond Art Copy Share Image
Technology has a great deal to do with it. The Panaflex camera was a big breakthrough when it came along; it changed… — Vilmos Zsigmond Backseat Copy Share Image
Telling the story with only a few shots, I love that style. It makes you feel like you're part of the action,… — Vilmos Zsigmond Action Copy Share Image
Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital is still at the beginning of what it… — Vilmos Zsigmond Advantage Copy Share Image
Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things… — Vilmos Zsigmond Aspect Copy Share Image
Kubrick was one of those directors who actually did practically everything in his movies. He actually directed, photographed, wrote, lit, edited -… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema 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 Able 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 Cinema Copy Share Image
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