57 Quotes by Vilmos Zsigmond

I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won’t forget that there are good movies also to be made.

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

What I would suggest to the young people is to not forget this and don’t try to get assimilated into today’s Hollywood style of movies because I don’t think it’s going to last long.

Spielberg was very young and starting up when we did Sugarland Express and I loved that, but the main thing was that I really loved his talent.

I had never met Woody Allen before Melinda and Melinda. My agent knew the producer of the movie and he suggested that we would work well together and then we did. We had a great time on that film.

I really like to work with people who know a lot, but they also give me space so I can add something to the movie.

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

When you are shooting a movie, you have to collaborate with many, many, many people. First of all, the director with all his own ideas and I can only just help him with that. I cannot change his idea.

I’m always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It means they rely mostly on my eyes.