I think that film is still an artform and it doesn't really matter if you're using a digital camera or a film camera.

I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the light.

For me, movies should be visual. If you want dialogue, you should read a book.

There is something missing in a lot of digital filmmaking, something I call "poetic reality." That's something you see played out in film noir, where the technique establishes the mood.

You can't just stick with what you know, you have to evolve.

The best way to know when there's good lighting is when you don't notice it.

As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer.

If you do not bother to take the time to compose and to light properly, then you end up with something almost less than reality. You end up without the soul, the heart, the art of the moment.

I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for me, more contrast sometimes has to mean it's softer than normal.

I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also to be made.

I think film is about images. Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going to be a good film. I think all films should be really visual.

I am proud to say that I am not in it for the money. If I made a million dollars, I would donate most of it to various charities and libraries.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Whenever I go on a show with a comedian I just counter punch.

Reagan proved that deficits don't matter.

Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.

It seems almost inherent in human beings that when you are thriving for a certain level of spirituality, you tend to reject clothes, and the implied need to hide yourself.

When I'm in New York my boyfriend buys me sneakers and vice versa.

Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?

You're nervous because you're afraid of the outcome. Accept the worst outcome... You'll be free & fight like you're able to.

Basically, I am a good, gentle person, but I am attracted to mean personalities.