Cameras Quote by Mike Figgis

The camera kind of finds things that the naked eye can't even see. By moving in a certain way, you're already telling part of…

— Thea Sharrock

You can put the camera in places where you may not necessarily be able to put it there if I don't do the stunt.…

— Tom Cruise

The camera movement should be like a cat jumping onto a table - with just enough amount of effort and that's it. That's enough.

— Steve McQueen

The camera creates a magical transformation. It's not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. ... Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don't…

— Erica Jong

Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where…

— Saffron Burrows

You can do really slow movements with it, like zooming in for a minute and a half. The audience isn't aware that the camera…

— Mike Figgis

To me, the camera is like a musical instrument. You use it to control the flow, shape, size and colors of images.

— Conrad Hall

The camera is, in a sense, both a way to get close, and to break free. It is a testimony to independence as well…

— Elinor Carucci

The camera is for us a tool, not a pretty mechanical toy ... people think far too much about techniques and not enough about seeing.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

Designing the technical aspects of my camera movement for me is very important. I want the camera to be a big part in telling…

— James Wan

Filming, for me, is a way of approaching, little by little - of getting closer and closer to my subject. And that subject itself…

— Rithy Panh

The camera is a fluid way of encountering that other reality

— Jerry Uelsmann