To me, the camera is like a musical instrument. You use it to control the flow, shape, size and colors of images.

In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.

I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician.

There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.

The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.