If I could live my life all over I’d do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there’s no way lord, to leave this love behind.
‘McLeod’s Daughters’ was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned a lot, in terms of working in front of the camera.
When you are behind the camera, the hard work and dedication goes unrecognized, which is why I have so much respect for the unsung heroes and technicians on sets.
I truly believe that ESPN has been in the forefront in terms of the diversity in front of the camera and improving the balance between men and women.
It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include.
I try to tell my story as simply as possible, with the camera at eye level.
The equation I share with the camera doesn’t change whether you place a camera in front of me or a live audience. Just the pay cheques differ. But that doesn’t matter to me because I’ve so much money, I don’t even think about it. It’s just lying there.
You don’t want to be the guy whose back’s to the camera in the emotional part of the movie. So, you have to be aware of the camera movement and what the camera’s doing.
Butte was once a grand city. To me, that city is like one big stage for Edward Hopper. You could put your camera anywhere, and you felt you were looking at his paintings.
I was always interested – I mean, it’s kind of part of your job – I was always interested in the camera.
As with instant replay, NFL Films’ use of slow motion, camera angles and the narration of Facenda was not just a technical breakthrough but a conceptual breakthrough.
This is going to sound cheesy, but with acting there are so many tools. When you’re on camera, you’re using all of it. You’re using the voice, you’re using your body, you’re using wardrobe, all of it, but it’s funny, once you take all of those things away, you realize how much you rely on the physicality.
I was always very silly and never took myself seriously. When my father had the camera out, I’d be up close and annoying. My father would keep saying, ‘Move back! Move back!’
I don’t like kissing on camera. It’s bad enough to be caught kissing by your parents. But when you have a whole crew watching you, it’s a little weird.
I’m actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.
If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.
I don’t like camera trickery and editing and doubles and all of that.
Kids naturally tend to be a bit camera shy, especially in front of strangers.
I see through my eyes; the camera is just a machine to record it for me.
Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly – and that is exactly the way I want it to stay.
You play a part, and as soon as a movie is over and the camera stops, you go home and you’re not really responsible for what you’ve done.
Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera.
But for me, personally, I didn’t have any ambitions to become an actor. I’m interested in getting behind the camera.
What woman wants a camera following around her naked butt?
I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.
When I watch myself on camera, in any capacity – being interviewed, performing, 20 years ago or yesterday – there’s a part of me that really doesn’t grasp that it’s me.
I’ve fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
So much of comics are dictated by characters talking to one another – or in focused spaces where ‘the camera’ has to stay in pretty close on what’s going on.
At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message by all the TV managers and news directors who passed on me when I was trying to get a job back in the business.
I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.
You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!
My mother was like a CCTV camera. There were times when I could not enjoy what most other children could. I would always have an escort.
The actress they’d hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn’t like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.
I have a lot of appreciation for what people do in front of the camera as well as behind the camera. I don’t think I could like one without the other. Eventually, I think the road will lead me down to producing or directing, because it’s more about problem solving.
There isn’t really anybody who occupies the lens to the extent that Lindsay Lohan does. Something happens when she steps in front of the camera. There is this magnetic energy.
I did have a very advanced grandmother, my mother’s mother, who wanted to buy me a camera. My parents wouldn’t let her. Eventually she won, and I got a camera in about 1948, a Voigtlander.
I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it’s like learning everyday.
People think that it is important to learn by assisting the great photographers. I say that is a big mistake. Be happy; just learn from any little guy. Learn how to use the camera – you don’t need anything else. You can’t be taught the real skill anyway.
People like to talk a lot about me, about how I have anxiety or social disorders. I’ll admit to anxiety, but it has nothing to do with media or being in front of a camera or being around people. It has to do with dealing with the sparring that I’m going to have or the workouts that I’m going to have from day to day.
After 2000 or so, I started to realize I wanted to be doing something else. I didn’t want to be in front of a camera. I was frustrated. I didn’t think I would stop acting, but I didn’t want to be seen.
When I was younger, me and my brother got a video camera, and he used to direct and I used to act. We used to make these silly, stupid short films, which, looking back now, were probably horrible.
I’ve always been involved with all aspects of my careers. Being behind the camera seems as natural as in front.
My friends love this idea of me as half man, half camera.
Warhol was the ultimate voyeur, constantly observing people through the lens. He watched and listened, but did not participate. Behind the camera, Warhol was in control.
Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.
If you’ve seen a photo of me from when I was a kid, I don’t think anyone would have expected that going in front of the camera was something that I was going to do. I can’t believe how little effort my parents put into making me seem like an appealing little girl.
I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.
They had some really cool rigged cars and things that were different that they would tow behind the camera car that were actually on these trailers that manipulated side to side and stuff like they were getting hit, and actually put the actor right in the middle of the chase.
From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.
I’ve always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera – not just a point and shoot.
I bought a camera with my first ever paycheck.
If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV’s audience, there was a higher chance that I would actually go cover it with a television camera instead of just write the story myself and read it on the air.
This acting’s serious! And I really respect those actors. It’s a tough business to be able to be something you’re not and be natural and convince people on camera.
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.
I had a lot of energy when I was eleven and always liked being in front of a camera.
A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can’t perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no matter what kind of presence you have, you still have to be able to be a convincing performer to become a star.
Aging on camera is just very hard. I love my age. I feel good about myself but high definition television is not kind. You don’t even look like yourself in high-def. It just makes every little line on your face more exaggerated so it ends up aging you. It’s like you’re watching yourself seven years older.
I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera.
