Actors Quote by Gordon Willis

“I don't really like directing. I've had a good relationship with actors, but I can do what I do and back off. I don't want that much romancing. I don't want them to call me up at two in the morning saying, 'I don't know who I am.”

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I'm a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It's human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it's not.

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Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft.

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