Conrad Hall

“I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.”

“There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.”

“It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery.”

“Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.”

“That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.”

“It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.”

“Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.”

“I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.”

“Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.”

“I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.”