Camera Quotes
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I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.
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What you think is fake in your head comes off as not enough on camera, a lot of times. You almost have to overdo it, in this overly, sort of Broadway, large-gestures kind of way to come off as being realistic on camera. It's strange. You almost have to act really fake to come off looking real.
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I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.
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I compose the frame literally with the camera. Unless it makes a story point.
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I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks.
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For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool.
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Sometimes you're not always on or at your best, especially during auditions. So if you go in and you don't nail it, even if they're like, 'We don't need to see you again,' get a friend, get a video camera, and film you doing the stuff again.
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You can be, like, a totally different person on camera, and it's fun. You can take on another character, and it's awesome.
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In front of the camera and in front of the lens, there's no lawsuits, there's no agent, and there's most frequently no time limits... There's a longevity that's kind of built into it. I spend most of my time behind the scenes, and when it is time to perform, I'm genuinely delighted to do it.
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So here, for example, on a very bright sunny day, the camera was able to capture the detail on the blouse, despite how strong the sunlight was.
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When I first got signed, I bought a vintage guitar from the 1930s for £1000. I've bought a £400 SLR camera, too, which was quite extravagant.
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I am the same on camera as I am off. I can't imagine being any other way.
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Fortunately, I've never been very conscious and inhibited of what I have to do. The camera's my soul mate.
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Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed.
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The reality in which a camera turns up is always posed, e.g., the moon landing.
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I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.
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I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.
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In social situations, when I'm surrounded by people, I become very shy. But if there's a camera in front of me, I feel free.
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Whereas if you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.
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It is totally different making films in the East than in the West. In the East, I make my own Jackie Chan films, and it's like my family. Sometimes I pick up the camera because I choreograph all the fighting scenes, even when I'm not fighting. I don't have my own chair. I just sit on the set with everybody.
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I have been doing commercials on camera since I was ten.
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Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.
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He [Andy warhol] went out every evening to five or six parties with a tape recorder in one pocket and a camera with extra film and batteries in the other pocket, constantly recording and photographing everyone he came across.
