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.

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

I am actually retired - yes, I am retired. But I like to work. So I'm retired until someone calls me up to work.

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.

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

I am not against digital at all.

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.