I think that film is still an artform and it doesn't really matter if you're using a digital camera or a film camera.

I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for me, more contrast sometimes has to mean it's softer than normal.

If you do not bother to take the time to compose and to light properly, then you end up with something almost less than reality. You end up without the soul, the heart, the art of the moment.

A good [film] director is talented, imaginative, and does his homework.

For me, movies should be visual. If you want dialogue, you should read a book.

There are a lot of directors out there that don't like to deal with actors, I think. Many of them have said something like, in the future they will actually manipulate the actors on their computers. But don't believe all this.

I think too many film students in America are losing the artistry and not learning lighting the right way.