“When I do a still picture, I'm doing it all by myself with no help. I'm designing everything. I am my own art director. I'm doing everything. I'm directing, editing, whatever.” ArtStillsHelpingMy OwnDesignDirectorsEditingArt Director Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“When you are shooting a movie, you have to collaborate with many, many, many people. First of all, the director with all his own ideas and I can only just help him with that. I cannot change his idea.” PeopleFirstsI CanIdeasHelpingDirectorsShooting Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“You always like to be the collaborator. I don't want to take over the movie, because if I want to do that, I should really become a director because then you have the control of everything, basically. I'm very happy to just be the visual part of it, doing the visual part of the movie.” IfsWantShouldDirectorsVisualsVery HappyCollaborators Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It means they rely mostly on my eyes.” NeedsMeanIdeasHelpingHandsEyeStrongDirectorsRelyVery StrongGreat IdeaNeed Help Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer.” NeedsFilmAnswersDirectorsVisualsCooperationGreat FilmGood DirectorsCinematographers Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Kubrick was one of those directors who actually did practically everything in his movies. He actually directed, photographed, wrote, lit, edited - everything. A few people can be like that.” PeopleDirectorsLitEdited Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“There are a lot of directors out there that don't like to deal with actors, I think. Many of them have said something like, in the future they will actually manipulate the actors on their computers. But don't believe all this.” ThinkingBelieveSaidActorsDealsDirectorsComputerDon't BelieveManipulate Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I like to work with talented people, I must say that. That's my weakness. I really like to work with good directors. That doesn't mean I don't like to work with starting up young directors, that's fun also.” PeopleMeanYoungFunDirectorsWeaknessStartingGood DirectorsStarting Up Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I was really fortunate from the time I arrived in Hollywood to work with some of the greatest directors from the beginning. I worked with Robert Altman, John Boorman, and of course Steven Spielberg, Michael Cimino, Brian De Palma ... I couldn't pick one of them; they were all different, but they are all so talented.” DifferentCoursesDirectorsPicksHollywoodFortunateBrian Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“A good [film] director is talented, imaginative, and does his homework.” DoeFilmDirectorsImaginativeHomeworkGood FilmsFilm Directors Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Sometimes the shots serve as homages to other movies and other directors, like Hitchcock.” SometimesDirectorsShotsHomageHitchcock Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“There are many, many different kinds of movies and directors and styles. I don't mind that a movie looks like a movie.” MindLooksKindDifferentStyleDirectorsDifferent Kinds Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well.” WellsActorsDirectorsBrilliantExcellentSean Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things around, play with lighting, things like that. He'll even spend hours on the set-up for an insert shot. He's an interested person who gets involved in all the aspects of the films he is making.” KnowsPersonsPlayFilmHoursInvolvedDirectorsShotsAspectCamerasLikesGet InvolvedLightingInsertNicholson Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
