Bizarrely, on movie sets, they don't really dig it when you look in the camera, which is a bizarre fact.
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Many filmmakers pretend that they never see anything, which has always seemed odd to me.
A lot of things in films are cheated with the use of camera tricks, so while it may feel unnatural to do, when you look at the result, you realise that it is right.
A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there.
It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can't take that lightly.
You can always tell in a movie when they are setting you up for something. If someone leaves an important object on the table and walks away, the camera will have some way of indicating that to you.
For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.
Most of us do not consciously look at movies.
Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that.
People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.
There are times when you're working with film people when you have to say, 'If the camera were on you, what you're doing would be perfect'.
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