I am not a fan of having too much gear.

Maybe that sounds a bit pretentious, but I think life experience is always more important than technical knowledge.

I am concerned that the subtlety is being lost and every film tends to look very contrasty and saturated.

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

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 my work was being studied as ‘the right way to do the job’. My way is just one of an infinite number of ways to do the job.

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

I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to art college, and it just gradually happened.