There is technique to it-he is just standing there flexing his arm, and I am standing there making faces as if I am being choked. You keep your head in a certain angle for the camera. – Ron Livingston
When we made ‘Primary,’ it was just one camera. We were trying to make ourselves inconspicuous. – Robert Drew
I’m kind of a tech geek. With the camera work, I chose to shoot super 16, which has a real tactile feel. I feel it’s as authentic as possible; I love the way the grain feels. – Ryan Coogler
One of the advantages of this found footage format is that you can have deliberately badly composed frames. Here we can put a camera in the weirdest angle and it kind of throws you off. You never know what you are supposed to be paying attention to. It’s deliberate chaos. – Oren Peli
Biologically, I’m lucky – an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera. – Robert Carlyle
I moved to L.A. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do, but I really like the entertainment industry. I started to make videos on YouTube to get more comfortable being in front of the camera. The first video I filmed was with my sister. – Rosanna Pansino
I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I’m not capable, I’m too cowardly for that. – Shakira
There is nothing worse than when actors come to a set – and it happens a lot with big stars – and they are too aware of where the camera is. They are the show. And that becomes apparent and it affects the production. I am like ‘You should not know where the camera is – you should act, and I will do the rest.’ – Paddy Considine
Basically, with a regular camera, you have to take time or allow the camera to focus before you take the shot. – Ren Ng
I’m glad I took the leap away from acting into going behind the camera because it’s much more satisfying – I love acting and I still do, but it’s much more satisfying to be able to make the stuff. – Paul Feig
I’ve always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera – not just a point and shoot. – Taylor Kitsch
I get my flow from Daddy, my singing ability from Mommy, the camera stuff from both. That’s just what happens when you hang out with the Smiths. – Willow Smith
For the camera, particularly, I feel like – I think that, as human faces become older, they become more interesting. – Sigourney Weaver
One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake. – Takeshi Kitano
I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen. – Taylor Hackford
I’d like to own a movie camera – a proper one, with film, not a digital thing. Celluloid has more character. – Stephen Rea
I was a loser, a bad kid, I wasn’t really into anything, and then someone gave me a camera and I found that this was the thing I wanted to do. – Steven Klein
I was just terrified in front of the camera. I couldn’t even say my own name. I walked out of a handful of auditions. I mean, ran out in cold sweats. I was just so nervous and insecure. – Trevor Donovan
As an actor, the first thing you’re taught is, ‘Don’t look into the camera; ignore it.’ – Yael Grobglas
Fortunately, I’ve never been very conscious and inhibited of what I have to do. The camera’s my soul mate. – Vidya Balan
With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling. – Vincent D’Onofrio
The whole nature of photography has changed with the advent of a camera in everybody’s hand. – Sally Mann