“If I have an idea I want to put in a movie, I know what camera will make that look best, and I have ideas for future projects and stuff I'd like to build for those. I think it's just part of how I work, though.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantLooksIdeasStuffProjectsCameras Author:Evan Glodell
“I never go to the monitor. I just look at the camera monitor and my favorite part of all of the directing, except for the writing and editing of it, is right when we're rolling and they do lines and I'll say "Try this, try this, try this."” WritingTryingLooksLinesCamerasMy FavoriteRollingEditing Author:Will Gluck
“Hardly anybody thinks about typing in their social security number as ID. Hardly anybody pays attention to the myriad of security cameras. There isn't anybody that worked on this show that doesn't look at security cameras differently than when they started.” ThinkingLooksShowsSocialNumbersPayAttentionSecurityCamerasPay AttentionSocial SecurityTyping Author:Remi Aubuchon
“What we're going for, in those humorous moments, is the absurdity of it all. The craziness of the night manager offering them an umbrella in the height of what is a horrible disaster was like, "What?!" That's Andy Greenfield, and he nailed the audition. He's the sweetest guy in the world, as is often the case with those guys, but on camera, he's so creepy that a lot of us kept saying, "You know, Andy, don't look at us like that anymore, okay? You're scaring us."” KnowsWorldLooksMomentsNightGuyCasesHumorousOkayCamerasDisasterHorribleManagersHeightOfferingAbsurdityAuditionsSweetestCreepyUmbrellaCraziness Author:Remi Aubuchon
“I don't think it's necessary to worry too much about being authentic. I think a picture taken on an iPhone and then filtered through something to make it look like it was taken on a Super 8 camera can be just as authentic as something taken on a Super 8 camera, if it's capturing something real or beautiful.” IfsThinkingLooksRealBeautifulWorryTakenToo MuchCamerasIphoneSomething RealPicture TakenBeing Authentic Author:Andrew VanWyngarden
“I knew if I continued to look around it would be difficult for me to contain my own emotions. So I turned away from the red eyes of the crowd and looked only at the red eye of the camera, talking to all the nation.” IfsLooksWould BeEyeNationsDifficultMy OwnEmotionTalkingRedCamerasCrowdsRed Eye Author:Richard M. Nixon
“I just picked up a camera without any kind of ambition to be good or bad. And especially without any ambition to make a living... My whole freedom working in photography comes because I say to myself, Let's see what is going on in this world. Let's find out. How do these people look?” PeopleWorldLooksKindWholeThis WorldAmbitionPhotographyCamerasBe Good Book:Lisette Model Source: Lisette Model
“At the beginning, people laughed at me because I was using snappies. Sometimes, a celebrity would look at my camera and go, Oh, I've got one of those. I'd feel like handing it to them and saying, Well, you take the pictures then. But I like using snapshot cameras because they're idiot-proof. I have bad eyesight, and I'm no good at focusing big cameras.” PeopleFeelsWellsLooksSometimesBigsCamerasProofIdiotLaughedSnapshotsEyesight Author:Terry Richardson
“Look, I really do not care about you. What I care about is the worlds that you bear witness to. You are nothing more than a dog with a video camera strapped on its back. As you walk the streets looking for a place to mate or piss or eat, the camera is on and we will see the world because of you... You carry the camera and we enjoy the world. (On images as autobiography)” WorldLooksCareEnjoyWalksStreetsDogBearsCamerasVideoWitnessMatesI CareAutobiographyBecause Of YouVideo Cameras Author:Michael Lesy
“I've always found paintings of nudes depressing because they can't compete with photographs. The grainiest photograph of some girl, a blurry Polaroid - you'd rather look at that than the Venus de Milo, because you think, Wow, that's really somebody... This camera really was in front of this real naked lady.” ThinkingLooksRealGirlFoundFrontsPaintingCamerasPhotographNakedWowDepressingVenusBlurryPolaroidsVenus De Milo Author:John Currin
“There in front of me was the Senator on the floor being held by the busboy. There was nobody else around, and I made my first frame, and I forgot to focus the camera. The second frame was a little more in focus... then just for a second, while everything was open, the busboy looked up, and he had this look in his eye. I made that picture, and then suddenly the whole situation closed in again. And it became bedlam.(On the 1968 shooting of U.S. presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy.)” FirstsLooksLittlesMadeWholeEyeSituationFocusFrontsCamerasShootingPresidentialCandidatesHis EyesSenatorsPresidential CandidateBobby KennedyBusboys Author:Bill Eppridge
“I try to express with the camera what the story is, to get to the heart of the story with picture. In battle I look at things first in terms of people, second in terms of strategies or casualties... To tell a story, you don't photograph one hundred dead civilians to prove there were one hundred dead civilians. You photograph one dead civilian with an expression on his face that says, This is what it's like if you're a dead civilian in Vietnam.” PeopleIfsTryingFirstsLooksHeartStoriesFacesTermExpressionBattleProveHundredCamerasStrategyPhotographVietnamCiviliansCasualties Author:Horst Faas
“Kurt Cobain, when he did his videos, you look into his eyes and he couldn't even face the camera; he was in pain and I'm angry about Kurt. This guy didn't have to die.” LooksEyePainFacesGuyDiesCamerasAngryVideoHis EyesThis GuyCobain Author:Steven Tyler
“Know your job and don't fake it. It looks easy, but the ones that make it look easy know what the hell they're doing. They may tell you around the dining room table that you're funny and you should be an actor, but until you challenge yourself by getting on a stage or in front of a camera, that's when your knowledge of the craft separates you from the pretenders.” KnowsShouldLooksMayJobsActorsEasyChallengesRoomsHellStageFrontsCamerasTablesCraftsFakeDiningChallenge YourselfDining RoomsPretender Author:Dustin Diamond
“After I discovered my degree in photojournalism would only get me a job in a camera store, I taught myself lighting. I read tons of magazines and books and studied the photos trying to figure out how they were done. I bought some flash equipment and played around until I figured out how to make a subject look as I envisioned it should look.” ShouldTryingLooksBookDoneJobsSubjectsFiguresTaughtDegreesCamerasStoresMagazinesFlashEquipmentLightingPhotojournalismMagazines And Books Author:Peter Menzel
“Wimbledon attracted Bill Clinton to the gallery at Centre Court Tuesday at the All England Club. NBC cameras showed his head turning back and forth with each volley. Even at a tennis match, it looks like he's denying everything.” LooksEnglandCamerasBillsCourtClintonClubsTennisCentreBack And ForthGalleryTuesdayNbcWimbledonVolley Author:Argus Hamilton
“And I want every one of you, every one of us, 100 senators to look in that camera, and you tell your people back home what you think. Don't hide anymore; none of us. That is the essence of our responsibility. And if we're not willing to do it, we're not worthy to be seated right here. We fail our country. If we don't debate this, if we don't debate this, we are not worthy of our country. We fail our country.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantLooksCountryHomeResponsibilityFailingWillingEssenceCamerasWorthyDebateOur CountrySenatorsBack HomeNot Worthy Author:Chuck Hagel
“It does get frustrating having the cameras on you all the time, because if you make mistakes, then the whole world knows about it. Like, it's not just your family and friends, it's everyone. Sometimes I'll watch myself on TV and ask myself, What am I doing, I am the biggest geek. My friends will call me and say, "OMG. Have you seen that commercial of you, you look like such a nerd."” IfsKnowsWorldLooksDoeSometimesWholeAsksMistakeWatchesTvsMy FriendsCamerasWhole WorldOur FamilyMaking MistakesCall MeFamily And FriendsNerdFrustratingGeek Author:Miley Cyrus
“NASA's training philosophy is "no surprises." So what they did is put a simulator on Earth where it looks exactly the same as a shuttle toilet and they put a camera down in the bottom of the opening for solid-waste collection, with a light that basically illuminates your asshole.” LooksPhilosophyLightEarthWasteTrainingCamerasSurpriseBottomOpeningCollectionsToiletsNasaSolid Waste Author:Mike Mullane
“I look at it scene-by-scene. Whether it's a historical character or not, whatever, on the page is one thing and delving into the history or somebody is one thing, but making something work for an audience in front of a camera is another exercise and you bring whatever authenticity you can to it.” LooksCharacterAudienceOne ThingFrontsExerciseScenePagesCamerasHistoricalAuthenticityDelving Author:Gary Cole
“I preferred that option, where my camera (and by proxy, me) could look them straight in the eye. The way they reacted to me was always interesting. Sometimes hard young men would reveal vulnerability and a softer side. In the case of teenage girls, I often got a fascinating glimpse of the woman inside.” MenWayLooksSometimesHardEyeYoungGirlSidesInterestingCasesCamerasYoung ManVulnerabilityFascinatingTeenageGlimpseTeenage GirlProxy Author:Derek Ridgers
“There's always been a shortage of roles for three-dimensional women, no matter what age. If you look at the statistics on women in film, be they behind the camera or in front of the camera, and it's pretty nauseous-making. It always has been.” IfsLooksHas BeensMatterAgeFilmThreeBehindsRolesFrontsCamerasNo Matter WhatStatisticsShortage Author:Sally Field
“The celebrity culture demands a camera-ready-at-all-times look or else the photo is circulated in a demeaning headline.” LooksCultureReadyDemandCamerasAll TimeHeadlinesDemeaningCelebrity Culture Author:Zoe Cassavetes
“When you're kissing on camera, it becomes an issue visually. It looks like a skinny dinosaur creature is trying to kiss someone. It doesn't look good. It does not look like the classic romance kisses. If an actress is 5'3" and I don't bend down to kiss her, she would probably be kissing my lower sternum.” IfsTryingLooksDoeRomanceIssuesCreaturesKissingCamerasActressesClassicSkinnyDinosaurs Author:David Walton
“Most times you do a movie every place except for what the camera sees is just a mess with the lights, people, and cameras so you get used to it. There is no way to shut that out, there is always a constant reminder of how many people it takes, what is going on and how many elements that goes into making this scene look right.” PeopleWayLooksLightUsedSceneElementsCamerasConstantMessReminders Author:Jeremy Sisto
“The Freebie cost virtually nothing. We funded the movie ourselves, people got paid, but were mostly paid in the back end, we used one of the cheaper cameras we could get. The movies have a look to them, you can sorta point out the really low-budget movie. So even if the heart of the movie and the story are really, really great, they always sorta feel a little cheap.” PeopleIfsFeelsLooksHeartLittlesEndsStoriesUsedCostLowsPaidCamerasBudgetsReally GreatCheaper Author:Katie Aselton
“I was mentioning with the digital camera, maybe this new fashion of filmmaking gives a closer look of what life may be like. But it's still nothing but a copy.” GivingLooksMayStillsFashionCamerasDigitalCopiesFilmmakingDigital Cameras Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I would get adult acne when it was somebody really famous I had to interview, so sometimes I would have to look straight at the camera because I couldn't look sideways or profile, because it would show.” LooksSometimesShowsAdultsCamerasInterviewsProfileSidewaysAcne Author:Jancee Dunn
“I got a unicorn horn on my head once. I said, "Can you really see that on camera?" My producer said, "You can see it from space." I would have to angle my head a certain way so that I didn't look misshapen on camera.” WayLooksSaidCertainSpaceCamerasProducersAngleHornsUnicorn Author:Jancee Dunn
“Well, in terms of what a camera does. Again, you go back to that original idea that what you photograph is responsible for how it [the photograph] looks. And it's not plastic, in a way. The problem is unique in photographic terms.” WayWellsLooksDoeIdeasProblemTermUniqueResponsibleOriginalsCamerasPhotographPlasticOriginal Ideas Author:Garry Winogrand
“There are days when everyone in the world looks like a Diane Arbus to me. She's a genius but her work is completely different to mine. But on those days I don't use my camera.” WorldLooksDifferentUseMinesGeniusCameras Author:Nan Goldin
“Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.” ThinkingInspirationalMindLooksHeartPhotographyCamerasPhotographerPhotographOpeningHeart And MindLensesPhotography By PhotographersInspirational PhotographyShuttersGreat PhotographyCamera And PhotographyInspiring PhotographyGood PhotographyCamera LensesNikon Author:Yousuf Karsh
“That shot in "Into the Inferno" somehow popped up while my editor and I were viewing the footage. I immediately said, "That looks like the opening shot because the camera approaches the action very slowly and we have enough time to insert some of the main credits into it." So it was a practical choice. At the same time, you see these tiny figures standing at the rim of something, and all of a sudden, the camera rises further and you find yourself looking straight down into an inferno.” LooksSaidEnoughActionChoicesFiguresApproachShotsStandingCamerasCreditTinyPracticalsOpeningFinding YourselfEditorsEnough TimeInfernoRimsInsert Author:Werner Herzog
“Similar thing until today, with digital cameras you look after something like that as robust as they can be.” LooksTodayCamerasDigitalRobustDigital Cameras Author:Werner Herzog
“In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to communicate with these people on this level if I didn't have a camera. I think I would still be so shy.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayLooksHas BeensStillsAbleLevelsCamerasCommunicateShy Author:Ryan McGinley
“Sometimes my fashion pictures can look a little bit like documentary style pictures. So having a camera in my hand was normal.” LooksLittlesSometimesHandsBitsFashionStyleNormalLittle BitCamerasDocumentaries Author:Steven Sebring
“I like the ending of the movie [War Horse], simply because it's such a demanding scene emotionally, and yet [the look] is all done on camera. I like the work not to be manipulated digitally. And it's all done on camera [in that scene].” LooksWarDoneSceneHorseCamerasWar Horse Author:Janusz Kaminski
“Buddy Hackett [was] talking - this is Hackett, not me - about the Virgin Mary, a limerick sort of thing, and all these children and families ... the look of absolute horror. He's going on and on and on, and finally he stops. It's just total horror, and the camera's still rolling. You can hear it, sort of a grinding noise. And the director says, "Anything else, Bud?"” LooksChildrenStillsTalkingHorrorDirectorsAbsolutesCamerasNoiseMaryRollingSay AnythingVirginsBuddyBudVirgin MaryLimerick Author:Bill Murray
“We did some camera tests blacking it out, we made a prosthetic with a gap in it, but that made me look like a donkey, so I vetoed that right away. And then I just finally called my dentist and said, 'You know, I've had this implant for 20 years. What's it involve in taking it out?' And he said, 'It's actually not that big a deal. We can do that.' So we took it out and I was toothless for three months, for the run of the movie [ The Hangover] .I take my job very seriously.” KnowsYearsLooksMadeSaidBigsRunningJobsThreeCan DoDealsMonthsTestsCamerasGapsThree MonthsDentistHangoverDonkeyImplantsProstheticsToothless Author:Ed Helms
“I'm an observer in life, not a participant. That's why I'm a documentarian who looks through a camera. I'm not a touchy-feely person; I'm not a seminar person.” LooksPersonsCamerasObserversParticipantsSeminarsTouchy Author:Joe Berlinger
“It's hard to put yourself in front of a camera, in front of the world, when you don't feel like you look the part. I've always had that problem. But I deal with it every day. When I'm interviewing, I'm like, "How do I look? Do I look all right?"” WorldFeelsLooksHardProblemDealsFrontsLike YouCameras Author:Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.
“A good filmmaker is someone who can look at a piece and go, "This camera's really going to be a character. I want people to feel like they're being punched."” PeopleWantFeelsLooksCharacterPiecesCamerasFilmmaker Author:Bill Paxton
“The script is a starting point, not a fixed highway. I must look through the camera to see if what I've written on the page is right or not. In the script, you describe imagined scenes, but it's all suspended in mid-air. Often, an actor viewed against a wall or a landscape, or seen through a window, is much more eloquent than the lines you've given him. So then you take out the lines. This happens often to me and I end up saying what I want with a movement or a gesture.” IfsWantLooksEndsHappensActorsGivenLinesWrittenAirMovementWallScenePagesWindowCamerasStartingScriptsLandscapeFixedGesturesHighwaysEloquentStarting PointSuspended Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Before each new setup, I chase everyone off the set in order to be alone and look through the camera. In that moment, the film seems quite easy. But then the others come in and everything becomes difficult.” LooksMomentsSeemsFilmOrderEasyDifficultCamerasThat MomentSetups Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“I remember they did all the makeup tests on me for Darla... Sorry, for "the vampire." I was the test monkey for the vampire look, so I went through numerous variations of the prosthetics and camera tests before I actually got the job.” LooksJobsRememberTestsCamerasSorryVampireMakeupMonkeysVariationProsthetics Author:Julie Benz
“With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.” WantLooksShowsActingCamerasImperfectionModeling Author:Diane Kruger
“I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask "Is this a close up? Is this a master? Is this a wide? What are you doing?" If I look up and notice the camera I go "Oh, it's a big one today, must be an IMAX." And that's kinda it for me because it doesn't affect what I'm doing.” IfsLooksBigsCareTodayActorsAsksMastersCamerasWideLook Up Author:Christian Bale
“I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way, I know how I look.” KnowsWayLooksStillsNextInspiringKnow HowMirrorsCamerasLengthPublicity Author:Marilyn Monroe
“Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren't. I don't know if its the way you say it, or how you look.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayLooksSometimesPoliticsTelevisionCameras Author:Dan Quayle
“I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.” FeelsLooksPlayBeautifulCamerasActressesUnhappyInsecuritySuicidalChloeHam Author:Chloe Sevigny