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 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
I think that the audience should not be able to tell if it is real or not real - it should be… — Vilmos Zsigmond 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 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 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 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 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
I love the Dutch impressionists - Vermeer, Rembrandt. What they were able to do with light was astonishing. As for photographers, I… — Vilmos Zsigmond 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
There is a difference between creating something and just capturing something. And when we were using film, it was not that fast,… — Vilmos Zsigmond 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
We used hand-held cameras 50 years ago. It wasn't something new. Sometimes we used a tripod, or we'd have a tracking shot,… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cameras Copy Share Image
When I was in Hungary in December I was looking at student films and I could not tell which ones were shot… — Vilmos Zsigmond Cinema 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
As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Mexican cinematographers Gabriel Figueroa and Emilio Fernandez were students of both Sergei Eisenstein and Toland. Their exteriors and lighting were gorgeous. And… — Vilmos Zsigmond 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
Spielberg was very young and starting up when we did Sugarland Express and I loved that, but the main thing was that… — Vilmos Zsigmond Film 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 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 love Woody Allen. He's very clever, always thinking, and he's great with actors. He lets actors do what they want to… — Vilmos Zsigmond Actors 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
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
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
Technology has a great deal to do with it. The Panaflex camera was a big breakthrough when it came along; it changed… — Vilmos Zsigmond 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
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 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 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
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
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