As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well. — Vilmos Zsigmond Actors 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
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
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
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
Spielberg was very young and starting up when we did Sugarland Express and I loved that, but the main thing was that… — Vilmos Zsigmond Starting Copy Share Image
I think too many film students in America are losing the artistry and not learning lighting the right way. — Vilmos Zsigmond America 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
As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a… — Vilmos Zsigmond Answers Copy Share Image
I don't know the American photographers as well, but I admit I love Ansel Adams. His landscapes are so crisp. — Vilmos Zsigmond Crisps Copy Share Image
Sometimes the shots serve as homages to other movies and other directors, like Hitchcock. — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema 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
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 really like to work with people who know a lot, but they also give me space so I can add something… — Vilmos Zsigmond Add 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
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 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
You used to feed a piece of celluloid into an editor. [Digital] is not expensive and that is an advantage, but I… — Vilmos Zsigmond Advantage 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 Cameras Copy Share Image
There is something missing in a lot of digital filmmaking, something I call "poetic reality." That's something you see played out in… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema 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
The best way to know when there's good lighting is when you don't notice it. — Vilmos Zsigmond Best way 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