Your whole life informs your eye.

Someone said to me, early on in film school... if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything, because that is the most difficult and most interesting thing to photograph.

I think of filmmaking as a form of communication. Maybe it's also an art, but that's for somebody else to decide.

I don't really believe in the mystery of cinematography - what happens in the camera is what the cinematographers create and all that nonsense.

Every shot I have ever made has been a compromise in some way. No image has ever been as good as the one I envisioned in my mind's eye.

Maybe that sounds a bit pretentious, but I think life experience is always more important than technical knowledge.

The balance of the frame - the way an actor is relating to the space in the frame - is the most important factor in helping the audience feel what the character is thinking.

If reviewers don't mention your work, it's probably better than if they do.

I am not a fan of having too much gear.

I want a script to affect me in some way. I am usually drawn to character studies, scripts about real people and the world we live in not some fantasy.

I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to art college, and it just gradually happened.

the gods play nofavorites.

Hayden?""Yes, Gia?""Nothing I just wanted to say your name

Your life—your very existence—is a light!

God sure hadn't done His menfolk any favors when He's made women such a puzzlement.

I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.

There are plenty of cases of war being begun before it is declared.

I like to make them squirm.

Enjoy the now. Time flies, enjoy it while you can.

My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.

The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world.