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I wish that every director was as interested in doing as much in camera and with physical objects as much as possible as J.J. Abrams is.

Quotes by Joseph Gatt

I knew from early on I would go to film school and try to work behind the camera.

Quotes by Jonathan Ke Quan

Tak Fujimoto and I, when we started getting enough of a budget where we could afford the right lenses - 'cause we started out doing low-budget pictures together - we started experimenting with this subjective camera thing. And we kind...

Quotes by Jonathan Demme

People see themselves on camera. They're ashamed of the things that they do, so they have a choice: Either they accept responsibility for it, or they blame the show for it. It's a human reaction.

Quotes by Jon Taffer

I did come to L.A. to try to get on TV and get in front of a camera, so I could have a stage career in New York.

Quotes by Jon Bernthal

I carry my camera with me everywhere. I'm a vlogger!

Quotes by JoJo Siwa

'Donnie Darko' was my first audition ever! It opened my eyes to the possibilities within camera work.

Quotes by Jolene Purdy

I was bullied as a kid, and I got a job on television. And I had a camera. And so I wanted to go after those business bullies. And I just have been following that instinct.

Quotes by John Stossel

I do think that television, in its early years, played a significant role in that standard-setting, enforcing a certain decency among people. They took their role seriously, and the people behind the camera took their role seriously, too.

Quotes by John Seabrook

And the camera position, the organization, looking for repeating forms, shapes, trying to set up a visual rhythm seemed to come very natural. All of a sudden I was in a forest of aluminum and steel rather than a forest...

Quotes by John Sexton

And then as I frequently do, some times I'll peek out from underneath the focusing cloth and just look around the edges of the frame that I'm not seeing, see if there's something that should be adjusted in terms of...

Quotes by John Sexton

I am both so beaten up and bolstered up - I've gotten so many criticisms and accolades - that the fulfillment happens on the floor in front of the camera, not when the project comes out.

Quotes by John Ritter

We were on a fairway shooting a scene in 'The Dogleg Murders' when I was asked by the cameraman if it was safe to film from where he was standing. I said, 'Yes, it'll be fine.' I then managed to...

Quotes by John Nettles

In a thriller, the camera's an active narrator, or can be.

Quotes by John McTiernan

I stumbled into this business, I didn't train for it. I yelled 'Action!' on my first two movies before the camera was turned on.

Quotes by John Hughes

I paint what I see, not what a camera would see.

Quotes by John Dyer

George Lucas wanted this moving camera for all of the photography in Star Wars. He was willing to take a risk with the concepts that I advanced with regard to ways for doing that.

Quotes by John Dykstra

I became interested in film making at around 16, when I discovered a friend of mine had a HI 8 camera which belonged to his father, which we were forbidden to use.

Quotes by John Carney

The first time I went behind the camera was in 1993. I felt, 'This is my thing,' and I knew that someday I'd make a feature.

Quotes by Johan Renck

The camera looks into your soul.

Quotes by Joe Pantoliano

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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.

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