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" Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry. "
Short
People
Movies
" But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer. "
I Am
Heart
Than
" 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. "
You
Everything
Done
" Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language. "
Language
Music
Infinite
" Contrast is what makes photography interesting. "
Photography
Interesting
Contrast
" Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten. "
You
Gone
Never
" Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems. "
Way
Problems
Own
" Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else. "
Audience
One Thing
See
" I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film. "
I Can
First
Film
" I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker. "
Think
Director
I Think
" I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80. "
Hope
Still
Shooting
" 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. "
Play
Reflect
Know
" In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music. "
Highest
Tests
Music
" I realize that every picture isn't a work of art. "
Art
Work
Realize
" I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters. "
Bigger
Sunrise
Life
" I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician. "
Maybe
Would
Suppose
" I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind. "
People
Better
Come
" It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren't words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are attempting to evoke. "
Difficult
Emotions
Cinema
" It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows. "
Shadows
Know
You
" It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema. "
Impact
History
Believe
" 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. "
Driving
Car
Stop
" I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end. "
Through
End
Story
" I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script. "
Writing
Happy
Alone
" Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem. "
Poem
Like
Writing
" My first semester, I got a D in creative writing. "
Got
First
Creative
" My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar. "
Me
Winning
Say
" Painting and writing are solitary arts. "
Art
Writing
Painting
" Photography is a very important part of my life. "
Photography
Important
Life
" That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally. "
Why
Fast
Film
" The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move. "
Understand
Audience
Process
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