Quotes By Conrad Hall

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.

Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.

Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

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

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

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.