Top 73 Quotes & Sayings by Rachel Morrison - Page 2

I pour my blood, sweat, and tears into a movie. What I always look for is a message and a social consciousness: a relevance to what's happening in our world.

Having a family is a compromise on some level, but it's so incredibly worth it. It actually informs the work that I do as a DP.

I kind of grew up with a camera in my hand.

For me, I just like new challenges.

I think lighting is a reflection of what is at stake emotionally in a movie.

When I was studying photography, I became interested in conflict photojournalism, and that got me interested in lighting. Then I realized there was this amazing thing called cinematography where you could kind of tell more complete stories photographing for film. So I ended up going to AFI grad school for that.

We really owe it to our world to infuse our entertainment with messaging.

For me, it's just always about trying to tell stories that I care about.

If there's anything consistent about my work, it's not flat.

Photos have the real task of bringing exposure to places that we otherwise don't have much awareness of.

I really do believe that the experience of having a child is going to actually make me a much better cinematographer.

My dad, before he passed away, never understood what I did. What I say is that I'm responsible for translating the director's vision, hopefully turning an idea into something people can connect to and relate to.

I think there's this assumption that everybody would rather be a director, and I don't know that that's the case for me, so we'll see.