Blue Quote by Gil Gerard

It's all about the special effects.

— Chris Kirkpatrick

Once we were in the studio, we realized we were getting certain effects through the shooting of the dramatic scenes on video, shooting off…

— Atom Egoyan

The best visual effects are when you shoot as much of what you can in camera. And it's really good for the actor's performance…

— Rob Letterman

I don't really think too much about special effects because that's not really something I can clearly visualize, so I leave that to the…

— Michelle Monaghan

When we were making it [Star Wars], none of the effects were in. So the first time, I thought it was, you know, that…

— Harrison Ford

The most important thing is that you have to have the visual effects working for you, instead of you working for the visual effects.

— David Heyman

I think it's an important part of the visual effects supervisor's job to get really deeply embedded in production and keep us all focused…

— John Knoll

I wouldn't want to do a whole movie with effects.

— Stephen Dorff

You don't want people to look at something and think that was a fantastic special effect.

— Gale Anne Hurd

First of all, in the old days, if you wanted to show someone getting shot on film, all you could do was place an…

— George A. Romero

I think I would struggle with any job if it was purely about effects. Even as a viewer, those aren't the kind of things…

— Shelley Conn

Visual-effects shots should flow into the rest of the live action, and you shouldn't be able to see a difference.

— John Knoll