Vic Morrow Quotes

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world.

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.

Going to directing wasn't a reaction away from acting as much as it was a move towards something I always wanted to do. Ever since I was a kid, I was interested in the camera and how it worked and why one director would place it in this part of the room and then another would place it in that part of the room.

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

A lot of directors in my experience are very receptive. They see what you do first, and then they want to find a place to put the camera, and they tweak you here and there.

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.

So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read a light meter or arrange a shot.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.

I was very glad later when I was directing that I wasn't in the hands of a cinematographer and hoping that he would do it well. I would know what he was doing, and we could discuss how that scene would look.

I teach film directing, inasmuch as you can. It's not really possible to teach film direction, but I sit there as a sort of testimony of experience and know-how, I suppose.

I love directing scenes that I'm not in because suddenly I really feel like a filmmaker which is a different thing.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.

All these directors who do different locations forget that one room can be shot from a million different angles and a million different ways. When I direct a movie, I'm going to use that.

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.

Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.

You need these experiences. Just know that sometimes, the director has a specific look in mind.

I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement.

My father was a director and producer, so when I was a little kid, he would take me to movies and show me what's good and what's not good and why, and often that would take me to a conversation about directing.

My photography is mainly focused on my work making movies, which I've done my whole life. I think I have a perspective that not many people have. And I get to take advantage of all of the strange sources of light on a set.