Robert Morrison Quotes

Robert Morrison's words are earnest, urging duty and ethical action.

13 quotes

1. To do what ought to be done but what would not have been done unless I did it, I thought to be my duty.

2. Part of the reason why I love to operate is because I find that so much of what we do is instinctual. It's dancing with the actors and responding to their body language, and you feel what the right place for the camera is at any given moment.

3. You can only shoot small movies and documentaries for so long if you want to have a family that you support; eventually, you need to get let into the big leagues.

4. As artists, we can't help but infuse our art with our own experience, so your experience becomes informative.

5. The first female DPs that I was aware of were Ellen Kuras, Mandy Walker, Nancy Schreiber, Amy Vincent, Sandi Sissel, Maryse Alberti and Tami Reiker. You look for a role model as somebody who looks like yourself and is doing what you want to do; they were the handful.

6. I find beauty in imperfection.

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

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

9. It would be naive to say that you could make a movie on film for the same price you can digitally.

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

11. 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.

12. Authenticity, to me, is something that you feel, and if it doesn't feel authentic, you pick up on it right away.

13. 'Fruitvale' set the bar for what I wanted to do with my career, which was to make films that had consciousness and messaging in an entertaining package. Once I hit that mark, I never wanted to go back.