“People at a point of conflict are always the most interesting stories to tell.” Quote by Anne-Marie Duff
“You just grow up and learn to think instead of just feel.” ThinkingFeelsGrowsGrowing Up Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“Composition is what's similar between being photographer and director. As a photographer, you're sort of doing everything - you're directing the lights and you're framing and you're moving around. The hardest thing to learn as a director is how cameras have to move. You have to have patience, you have to learn how to look through the lens and then you have to learn to combine all of the compartments into one great image.” LooksLightMovingDirectorsCamerasPhotographerHardestCompositionLensesHardest ThingHaving PatienceFraming Author:Russell James
“When I'm editing, it's such a tough call, and I get challenged on it all the time. You've got to go with your gut - sometimes when you look at a photograph, you just know it's the shot. Sometimes it's about the connection, or about the simplicity of the composition.” KnowsLooksSometimesShotsToughConnectionsPhotographSimplicityGutsCompositionEditing Author:Russell James
“Complicated things for me tend not to be interesting. Simple things, like when it's really direct eye contact, or when you see a really beautiful shape, like when it's clean or well balanced in the frame.” WellsEyeBeautifulSimpleInterestingShapesDirectCleanComplicatedContactBalancedSimple ThingsReally BeautifulEye ContactComplicated Things Author:Russell James
“It's been my dream to have four babies by 30. I look after animals, so I'd have a lot to give my kids.” GivingLooksDreamKidsAnimalFourBaby Author:Paris Hilton
“If you give the same 200 frames to 200 different people, they'll all probably pick a different frame. The key is editing. Be intuitive enough to be shooting at the right moment, and when you're seeing the action happening just as you want it, shoot. And in the edit you have to go with your gut.” PeopleIfsWantGivingDifferentEnoughMomentsActionSeeingKeysHappeningsPicksShootingGutsEditingIntuitiveDifferent PeoplesEditsRight Moment Author:Russell James
“I guess I'm getting to the age where a lot of other people my age have real jobs, and when they're hard-up they refer to an old-timer like me.” PeopleRealHardAgeJobsLike MeReal JobsTimerOld Timers Author:Mike Patton
“If someone were to hire me for a film they'd be getting a certain kind of package, that's for sure, a certain set of tools. But I would listen to the director.” IfsKindFilmCertainDirectorsToolsPackages Author:Mike Patton
“I lived in Italy for a number of years and I was really digging around trying to get my hands dirty, trying to learn about Italian music. And what I ended up gravitating towards was this stuff from the '50s and '60s and maybe early '70s, where there were these incredibly talented pop singers that weren't using pop bands.” TryingYearsHandsStuffNumbersBandPopsSingersDirtyItalianDiggingPop Bands Author:Mike Patton
“Any idiot, any stockbroker can get out there and live out a fantasy and pretend like he's playing music. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that.” ThinkingFantasyIdiotPlaying MusicStockbrokers Author:Mike Patton