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
I love to make movies about young people - young scientists that are inventing things and all the writing they did was… — Vilmos Zsigmond Inventing Copy Share Image
Even in manipulating the images, I would like to do my dailies in a digital way because you can do so many… — Vilmos Zsigmond Can do 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
These days that wouldn't happen - waiting for the light to be exactly right. Because it takes time and time is money.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Actors Copy Share Image
When I first came to America there still was Look Magazine and LIFE Magazine, and the photography in those magazines was amazing… — Vilmos Zsigmond America Copy Share Image
In fact, I probably learned more about photography from studying black-and-white photography in those magazines [Look Magazine and LIFE Magazine] than I… — Vilmos Zsigmond Black 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
You always like to be the collaborator. I don't want to take over the movie, because if I want to do that,… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema 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
I was really fortunate from the time I arrived in Hollywood to work with some of the greatest directors from the beginning.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Brian 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 Cheat 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 Be good 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
In Slumdog Millionaire when you are immersed in the point of view of children in the slum and the bustle of the… — Vilmos Zsigmond Bustle 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
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
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 Forget 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 Actors Copy Share Image
If you do not bother to take the time to compose and to light properly, then you end up with something almost… — Vilmos Zsigmond Art Copy Share Image
You make a film for a million dollars and then it costs $10 million to sell it. That's the problem at the… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema Copy Share Image
I'm not really satisfied with the technology today. Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema Copy Share Image
I like the film camera better because the film is still one hundred times better than any digital image at the moment.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cameras Copy Share Image
I like to work with talented people, I must say that. That's my weakness. I really like to work with good directors.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Directors Copy Share Image
I always try to tell the story the best possible way. I create the mood for each scene in a way that… — Vilmos Zsigmond Audience Copy Share Image
There are, of course, many, many, many good cinematographers and unfortunately they don't work as much as many of those people who… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinematographers 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
The studios are never going to make $200 million a picture with those types of movies. It's not familiar to them, and… — Vilmos Zsigmond Familiar Copy Share Image
I had never met Woody Allen before Melinda and Melinda. My agent knew the producer of the movie and he suggested that… — Vilmos Zsigmond Agents 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
Hayden [Sterling] told me that he was thrilled about the way he moved around the set, that wherever he would go, there… — Vilmos Zsigmond Lighting Copy Share Image
When we came to America, the movies here needed a "new wave." European films looked totally different than American movies, which were… — Vilmos Zsigmond America Copy Share Image
I shot a lot of commercials and sometimes I enjoy the commercial shooting and sometimes I really hate it, but in thirty… — Vilmos Zsigmond Enjoy Copy Share Image
![“In fact, I probably learned more about photography from studying black-and-white photography in those magazines [Look Magazine and LIFE Magazine] than I did from watching movies here. That's the truth.” quote by Vilmos Zsigmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f9f/vilmos-zsigmond-9377_black_in-fact-i-probably-learned-more-about-ph_1650221.jpg)
![“Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things around, play with lighting, things like that. He'll even spend hours on the set-up for an insert shot. He's an interested person who gets involved in all the aspects of…” quote by Vilmos Zsigmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/865/vilmos-zsigmond-9377_aspect_jack-nicholson-really-knows-about-the-ca_935339.jpg)
![“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)
