“I think we've shot scenes from every angle directors can think of to make it look like different villages. I've directed a couple shows on that set and believe me, it's impossible not to duplicate some camera angles.” ThinkingBelieveLooksDifferentShowsImpossibleCoupleSceneDirectorsShotsCamerasVillageBelieve In MeAngleDuplicateDifferent AnglesCamera Angles Author:Vic Morrow
“Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see.” FeelsLiteratureImpossibleFrontsCamerasCooking Author:Nigella Lawson
“On practical level I can't pick up the camera until I think I know what I want. I don't wander around. It's almost impossible for me to pick up a camera... it's really hard.” ThinkingKnowsWantI CanHardLevelsImpossiblePicksCamerasPracticalsWander Author:Bill Henson
“Obviously, we can see what was in front of the camera, but if a photograph is honestly made, it's a bit of a self-portrait. I think it's impossible for a photographer who is working honestly to keep this from happening.” IfsThinkingMadeSelfBitsImpossibleFrontsPhotographyHappeningsCamerasPhotographerPhotographHonestlyMade ItPortraitsSelf Portrait Author:John Sexton
“[on making the transition from the comedy "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series "Lou Grant" (1977)] We were really worried about changing over from a three-camera, half-hour comedy to a one-camera, full-hour drama. The audience wasn't ready for the switch - even CBS billed us in their promos as a comedy. In fact, the whole thing was impossible. But we didn't know that.” KnowsWholeFactsThreeHoursHalfAudienceComedyImpossibleReadyDramaCamerasSeriesWorriedDramaticGrantsTransitionMaryHalf Hours Author:Ed Asner
“When you're in a two-shot together, you can't be the same as when you're both in singles. Try as you will, it cannot be the same as when you're in the shot together. It simply cannot be. It's physically impossible. You're behind the camera desperately wanting to help your colleague. When it's just you, on your own, it can be self-conscious in a way that you're not when we're just talking, you and I, and then all of a sudden it's me and then it's you. The two-shots were probably more natural.” WayTryingTwoSelfHelpingTogetherNaturalBehindsTalkingImpossibleConsciousShotsCamerasColleaguesSelf ConsciousSingles Author:Tom Courtenay
“It's hard to do a camera inside of a car. Non-Stop would have been impossible. Usually modern lenses you can focus up to the lens pretty much, but anamorphic you can't. You need like three feet.” NeedsHas BeensHardThreeFocusImpossibleFeetModernCarCamerasLensesNon Stop Author:Jaume Collet-Serra
“There's this thing that's come about that wasn't there when I started acting which is they do this thing called a chemistry test. They put a camera in front of two people, it's usually a boy and a girl, and they go, [whispering]. It's impossible. You can't manufacture it or film it, it just has to happen.” PeopleTwoHappensFilmGirlActingBoysImpossibleFrontsTestsCamerasChemistryWhispering Author:Cillian Murphy
“It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth” IfsInspirationalMotivationalActorsDifficultActingImpossibleDemandHappeningsAbsolutesCamerasInstrumentsGet AwaySeverePenetrateAbsolute Truth Book:Elia Kazan: A Life Source: Elia Kazan: A Life
“The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified.” PeopleNeedsFeelsI CanPlayFormSongDifficultRecordsImpossibleExpressionBandCamerasAgentsPianoMusic BusinessMovie Business Author:Jeremy Renner
“She was the best model because she not only had perfect facial features, but a great body and wasn't ashamed to show it. It was impossible to take a bad photo of her. Bettie Page was always ready for the camera's eye.” ShowsBodyEyePerfectImpossibleReadyPagesModelsCamerasFeaturesAshamedFacialFacial Features Author:Bunny Yeager