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" I don't have lights, I don't have assistants, I just go and meet somebody and take a photograph. That's really basic, and that's how I used to work when I was 17 or 18 in Holland. "
Anton Corbijn
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" I only make storyboards for action scenes. Once you make a storyboard, you don't film; it can be a stiff move. "
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" I don't like fast editing. "
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" Once you make decisions, you can't go back, but in photography, that process can continue. With film, you have to eliminate all the possibilities and make the one possibility work the best for you, so you have to become very creative with the direction you've chosen. "
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" 'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director of, because I had an emotional attachment to the whole story. And because of that experience, I feel that I can try other films. I didn't set out to become a director. "
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" You always want to come back with an image that's interesting visually, and you hope to get something from the person you photograph that's different than other images you know of these people. "
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" I have never understood models. I find it really hard to find beauty in that or to discover beauty because the beauty was so obvious. "
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" Generally my focus has been on people who make things, whether it's writers or directors or painters or musicians. "
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" I've finally become an old guy. "
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" I do have an ego, but I acknowledge the help I get. "
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