Some movies are what I would call murky. Just because it's murky doesn't make it artistic. It makes it hard to see.

I don't like to be in front of the camera - my place is behind the camera.

When I first came to America there still was Look Magazine and LIFE Magazine, and the photography in those magazines was amazing to look at. They had the best portraits, and their news photography.

I'm not really satisfied with the technology today. Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital is still at the beginning of what it can be and they'll be fixing all those problems.

There are many, many different kinds of movies and directors and styles. I don't mind that a movie looks like a movie.

Telling the story with only a few shots, I love that style. It makes you feel like you're part of the action, part of the story. It reminds me of the theater, where one act is basically like one long shot. It almost makes you forget that you're seeing a movie.

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