“This picture was conceived in a state of emergency, shot in confusion, and wound up in a blind panic.”

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz

“If I'd had the nerve, I'd have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn't, I became a photographer.”
Man Ray

“I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.”
Man Ray

“I'm not always great in pictures, but I'm always true to the Japanese spirit.”
Toshirō Mifune

“It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story.”
Seymour Cassel