I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

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Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You...

With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You...

There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.

There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.

Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning...

The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning...

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made...

It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made...

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

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

It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren't words or...

It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren't words or...

It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.

It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.

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

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

Painting and writing are solitary arts.

Painting and writing are solitary arts.

Photography is a very important part of my life.

Photography is a very important part of my life.

I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the...

I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the...

You have to understand the nature of light.

You have to understand the nature of light.

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning...

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning...

I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.

I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.

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

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

That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.

That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.

Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.

Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.