“I remember coming on my first set and it being a playground of things I wanted to ask questions about: cameras and lenses and what the lenses do, what's the focus puller doing and how does that work? Why is there less margin for error when there's less light? I was always asking questions and watching directors closely.” FirstsDoeLightWantedRememberAsksFocusDirectorsAskingCamerasErrorsLensesMarginsAsking QuestionsPlaygrounds Author:Paul Bettany
“Often what is nearest is hardest of all to see - try asking a fish to define water. Distance opens a door to revelation. When the first great distances of space were conquered by technology, a camera altered the human perspective on the Earth as radically as Galileo did when he proved the sun was the center of the universe. The ecology movement was born from a photographically altered consciousness.” TryingFirstsHumansEarthUniverseWaterBornSpaceConsciousnessTechnologySunDoorsMovementPerspectiveAskingCamerasDistanceFishesHardestRevelationsEcologyAlteredCenter Of The Universe Author:Vicki Goldberg
“Photographers do themselves a disservice by talking too much about the equipment they use. Consequently people don't take them seriously as creators in their own right. When people talk to writers about their work, they ask about their ideas and inspirations. When they talk to photographers, they ask about what cameras or film they use. That's wrong - as wrong as asking a writer what pencil and laptop he uses.” PeopleIdeasUseInspirationFilmAsksTalkingToo MuchAskingCamerasPhotographerCreatorEquipmentPencilsLaptopsDisserviceTalking Too MuchIdeas And Inspiration Author:Peter Turnley
“I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking.” PeopleIfsThinkingSelfJobsUsedActorsCan DoKnowingFrontsSpeechConsciousAskingCamerasNervesFuneralSelf ConsciousEulogy Author:Eddie Marsan
“There are photos of Kim Jong-un right up atop the volcano. I actually wrote a letter to him asking if I could speak on camera. I never got an answer. But what was interesting was the people who were responsible for us, our "guards," it took them two days to figure out how I should address him. "President? No, you can't because there's a president for eternity." And it was a time when his status was still in flux. Only a few months later there was this party congress which assigned an official title to him, but that was after we did our film.” PeopleIfsShouldStillsTwoFilmSpeakPresidentAnswersInterestingPartyFiguresMonthsLettersEternityAskingResponsibleCamerasCongressTitlesOfficialsIf I CouldAddressesTwo DaysKimFluxVolcanoes Author:Werner Herzog
“In the age of the camera phone it's a bit weird when you're sitting having dinner in a restaurant and people think they're being very subtle taking a photo while in fact they're being very obvious. When you're in a middle of a mouthful with friends or family and people come up asking for a photograph, that's when you want to say, 'Actually, I'm going to say no; I'd like to finish my meal. This is my time.'” PeopleThinkingWantFactsAgeBitsMiddleSittingAskingCamerasPhotographPhonesCome UpObviousDinnerMealsMy TimeRestaurantsSubtle Author:Hugh Bonneville
“Once I saw Paris Hilton leaving a restaurant in Hollywood and the paparazzi cameras were all over her. It looked so unpleasant. It wasn't because she didn't look sensational - she was that perfect combination of fashionable and slutty - it was because the paparazzi guys were shouting these insanely rude and intrusive questions at her. Like, asking her who she was sleeping with and stuff. I was kind of interested in the answer, so I was glad they asked, but it was still gross.” LooksKindStillsGuyStuffSleepAnswersPerfectSawsHollywoodAskingCamerasLeavingGladCombinationParisRestaurantsRudeGrossFashionableShoutingPaparazziSensationalPerfect Combination Book:Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition) Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)