I don't like to be in front of the camera - my place is behind the camera. Vilmos Zsigmond More Quotes by Vilmos Zsigmond More Quotes From Vilmos Zsigmond Technology has a great deal to do with it. The Panaflex camera was a big breakthrough when it came along; it changed everything, because now you could shoot from the perspective of a person riding in the backseat of a car. Vilmos Zsigmond carperspectivetechnology There are many, many different kinds of movies and directors and styles. I don't mind that a movie looks like a movie. Vilmos Zsigmond styleminddirectors I love Woody Allen. He's very clever, always thinking, and he's great with actors. He lets actors do what they want to do and occasionally he'll give them a specific kind of direction. Vilmos Zsigmond clevergivingthinking As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well. Vilmos Zsigmond brilliantactorsdirectors Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things around, play with lighting, things like that. He'll even spend hours on the set-up for an insert shot. He's an interested person who gets involved in all the aspects of the films he is making. Vilmos Zsigmond cameraslikesplay I was really fortunate from the time I arrived in Hollywood to work with some of the greatest directors from the beginning. I worked with Robert Altman, John Boorman, and of course Steven Spielberg, Michael Cimino, Brian De Palma ... I couldn't pick one of them; they were all different, but they are all so talented. Vilmos Zsigmond hollywooddifferentdirectors In fact, I probably learned more about photography from studying black-and-white photography in those magazines [Look Magazine and LIFE Magazine] than I did from watching movies here. That's the truth. Vilmos Zsigmond black-and-whitephotographylooks I don't know the American photographers as well, but I admit I love Ansel Adams. His landscapes are so crisp. Vilmos Zsigmond landscapewellsphotographer I love the Dutch impressionists - Vermeer, Rembrandt. What they were able to do with light was astonishing. As for photographers, I think mostly of the Hungarians: Robert Capa, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Jozsef Pesci. In fact, I have one of his photographs hanging in my house. Vilmos Zsigmond lighthousethinking I am not against digital at all. Vilmos Zsigmond digital When I was in Hungary in December I was looking at student films and I could not tell which ones were shot on film and which ones were shot digitally. I think that is because the filmmakers in Europe go to four years of film school and learn the techniques. Vilmos Zsigmond yearsschoolthinking Hayden [Sterling] told me that he was thrilled about the way he moved around the set, that wherever he would go, there would be lighting. He didn't think about his marks because they were set in the only places he could move. Vilmos Zsigmond would-bemovingthinking I did everything I could to destroy the image! It's all due to Altman, who was very adventurous. Vilmos Zsigmond us-news
