I remember going to see those Adrian Lyne films when I was going to see movies in the nineties, and I was jealous he wasn't working at New Line.
Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
I think you have a responsibility to the people you're making movies with, and I take that very seriously. I don't want to let up and I don't want to let down.
I definitely have found a balance. I've had so many offers in the past to do different movies or different things and I always choose tournaments over it.
A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.
And I figured that he can be my ears and I can be his eyes. A good trade-off, don't you think?
I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade.
In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.
When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion.
Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.
Almost inevitably there are tensions in the picture, tensions between the outside world and the inside world. For me, a successful picture resolves these tensions without eliminating them.
For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere.
I don’t believe in originality. You take inspiration from whatever moves you and you find your voice in those things.
It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke
I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more important or less important.
Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
Life is like Tyra Bank’s left breast. It’s not right it’s not fair & still people loves it for what it is.
