I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.
I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked.
I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.
I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.
I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.
Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.
I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.
But you know you haven't done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being.
Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.
But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.
Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.
Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.
It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery.
Contrast is what makes photography interesting.
Painting and writing are solitary arts.