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 fantas….

There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's spectacular.' Or ….

I thought that was a pretty stupid argument, really, because it's the final product that matters. The look of the film, however it's done, is still t….

Am I nostalgic for film? … I mean, it’s had a good run, hasn’t it? You know, I’m not nostalgic for a technology. I’m nostalgic for the kind of films ….

There are some sequences in films that I think work filmicly, that stand out to me, but thats much more to do with the staging and the cutting and th….

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..

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

Your whole life informs your eye..

All I’ve ever wanted to do is take stills of people, or take documentaries about people, and try to express to an audience how somebody lives next do….

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

Partly why I love to operate is that I love to watch an actor within a shot. When you watch a shot, and you know that everything's come together, I f….

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 a….

When I first started, I saw myself shooting documentaries or making documentaries, which is what I did, mostly, for a number of years. So it was quit….

When you move the camera, or you do a shot like the crane down (in Shawshank) with them standing on the edge of the roof, then it's got to mean somet….

You can’t learn your craft by copying me or anyone else. I hope what I do can do is in some way inspire others but I would be appalled if I thought m….

I do miss the idea of the crew getting together to watch dailies after work. I will usually get selected dailies printed on film especially for the e….

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 th….

If I am creating the shots from scratch I may have to spend more time holding the directors hand and therefore have less time to finesse the shot or ….

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

To me if there's an achievement to lighting and photography in a film it's because nothing stands out, it all works as a piece. And you feel that the….