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Camera Quotes

On lenses, perception, and life in front of and behind them.

These quotes look at the camera from both sides—the discomfort of being followed by one versus simply having one nearby, and deeper reflections on how the lens shapes our sense of reality.

Like everybody, I wanted to meet Andy Warhol. I was impressed by his work and how daring he was. I think he changed the cinema completely, simply by opening his camera and letting it go.

Quotes by Agnes Varda

Akshay Kumar is always on time. He is always disciplined and hard working but also always entertaining, fun behind the camera and also in front of it.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

'Happy girls are the prettiest,' and to be in the camera frame makes me happy. I just want myself to keep working. I can be in front of the camera for 48 hours continuously without any breaks.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

I love that I have no inhibitions. I like to be shameless in front of the camera.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

Cameraman Quotes

I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

Quotes by Adam Yauch

I would never put my kids in front of the camera.

Quotes by Adam Pally

The cast of 'Lemonade Mouth' was picked so perfectly. A lot of people see us as a band on camera, but not a lot of people know that Lemonade Mouth was a band off-camera, too.

Quotes by Adam Hicks

What's so amazing about 'All in the Family' is sometimes an entire act was one camera shot. It was all about characters.

Quotes by Adam Green

When I walked in to read with Edie Falco, it was nice, because I auditioned in New York, and it was very quick. You walk in, there's Edie, the producers, the director, and a camera. I read three scenes, and...

Quotes by Adam Ferrara

Cameras Quotes

The only interaction I had with my brothers is like negative attention where I'd basically egg them on into beating me up - which was delightful! Otherwise, it was me with a video camera jumping on a bed pretending to...

Quotes by Adam F. Goldberg

Some people are writers and don't ever want to be on camera, some people act and not write - I like writing words for myself to say.

Quotes by Adam Conover

My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.

Quotes by Adam Baldwin

I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.

Quotes by Abel Ferrara

I'll get cast occasionally as sort of the jerk version of myself, and I have fun doing that. But it's really better for everyone if I stay behind the camera.

Quotes by Aaron Sorkin

Capture Quotes

The mindset that I have on every project I take on is, 'How do I make this interesting enough for me to want to stop and look at it?' So in that regard, what I do behind the camera, whether...

Quotes by Aaron Ruell

With the work that I do as a director, I've got dialogue, camera movement, and character blocking to help create a tone to the piece. In photography, those elements are somewhat void so that tone becomes a bit more subtle...

Quotes by Aaron Ruell

A lot of cable television is shot on a single camera. Our eyes are more trained to that. It takes the camera off the crane, away from observing the action, to becoming a character in the story along with everyone...

Quotes by A. J. Bowen

I don't really know how to work a camera.

Quotes by Zoe Sugg

I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.

Quotes by Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Lens Quotes

I had a list of 10 rules when we started 'Strong Island,' and one of them was, 'Yance will never appear on camera with sync sound.'

Quotes by Yance Ford

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Frequently Asked Questions

What different perspectives on cameras do these quotes share?
This mix covers admitting unfamiliarity with operating a camera, distinguishing between posing for a camera and being followed by one, and a philosophical comparison between the camera and psychoanalysis.
Is there a quote where someone admits they don't know how to use a camera?
Yes: "I don't really know how to work a camera."
Does a quote distinguish between a camera in your face and one following you?
Yes: "I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me."
Is there a philosophical quote comparing the camera to psychoanalysis?
Yes: "The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses."
Where can I find more quotes about photography?
For more, see our Photography and Lens quotes pages.

For more on the craft, see our cameraman and capture quotes.