30 Rachel Morrison Quotes for You to Enjoy

Rachel Morrison

American Director

Born: Apr 27, 1978

Camera Me Think Time Work You

Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen

Photography was a way for me to freeze time and to capture the moments that were happy and healthy. I saw a photo as a way to go back to a memory if I ever needed to. Rachel Morrison

Time Me Happy Photography Memory Healthy Back Saw Way Photo Freeze Go Were Moments Capture Ever Needed

Life is unpredictable, and I feel, to some extent, lighting and cinematography should be a reflection of that. Rachel Morrison

Life Reflection Cinematography Unpredictable Some Feel Lighting Should Extent

Usually, if you notice good cinematography, then the cinematographer's failing. I try to make light feel like it's always motivated and natural in some way and hope that the lighting goes unnoticed. Rachel Morrison

I love faces that have freckles. I love faces that have wrinkles. For me, beauty is naturalism, I guess. Rachel Morrison

Love Me Wrinkles Beauty Guess Freckles Faces Naturalism

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

Reflection Think Emotionally Lighting Movie Stake

Surfing is incredible. It's both meditative and physical. I think it was my way into California. Rachel Morrison

Think Incredible Way Physical Both California Surfing

'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. Rachel Morrison

Films Mark Back Once Entertaining Never Had Make Messaging Go Hit Wanted Which Bar Package Consciousness Career Set

I lived within walking distance of Harvard Square, and that's where I discovered my love of cinema. I saw a lot of foreign and independent films there. Rachel Morrison

Love Cinema Films Distance Saw Harvard Independent Independent Films Within Foreign Discovered Lot Square Walking Where Lived

The best kind of entertainment is the kind that also makes you question something or think outside the box or live another life. Those are the stories that I'm drawn to. Rachel Morrison

Life Best You Entertainment Live Think Those Drawn Kind Something Outside Also Box Another Makes Question Stories

The theatrical experience is also a communal one. When people saw 'Fruitvale' in the theater, there was not a dry eye at the end of the movie, and you would look to your neighbor and have this shared moment together that had a real weight behind it. Rachel Morrison

A period film is a gift for a cinematographer. Rachel Morrison

Gift Cinematographer Period Film

I didn't want 'Mudbound' to feel stylized in any way. Rachel Morrison

Way Feel Stylized Any Want

The big trick is just to get to a point where we're just considered DPs, and we're not 'female DPs.' When you think of the word 'doctor' or 'teacher,' you don't think gender. And it would be nice to get to a place where 'DP' meant either and 'director' meant either and 'gaffer' meant either. Rachel Morrison

There's something so inspiring about being in real locations, where you can feel the tactile qualities from the layer of paint that has been chipping off and the hundreds of years that have been lived in the space. Rachel Morrison

I think Marvel's incredibly supportive of young auteurs and really let them do their thing and support their vision. They give you a sandbox to play in, but it's a pretty massive one. Rachel Morrison

You Vision Young Think Incredibly Pretty Give Marvel Support Supportive Massive Them Sandbox Really Play Thing

I might be one of the very few people in this industry who doesn't have a 'me too' story. Rachel Morrison

Me People Few Too Industry Very Few People Story Might Who

I was probably five when I first picked up a camera. My mom had an Olympus OM-10 that she carried around to document our family photos. And I just always loved it. Rachel Morrison

Mom Family First Our Carried Photos Had Picked Document She Around Always Camera Up Five Just Loved

I think 'Sound of My Voice' was the first film where suddenly I could point to something I had done that I was proud of and say, 'Look at this piece of work.' And that's probably what led to 'Fruitvale Station,' which was the real break. Rachel Morrison

I love the team aspect of filmmaking. Rachel Morrison

Love Aspect Team Filmmaking

So much of 'Mudbound' is about man's relationship to the land and to the elements. It's about the desire for control and how powerless we are against nature. We always knew we would shoot widescreen as a means to isolate a body in the frame and to highlight our own insignificance. Rachel Morrison

Nature Relationship Man Own Control Frame Our Would Insignificance About Knew Highlight Powerless Always Isolate How Shoot Against Land Much Body Means Elements Desire

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. Rachel Morrison

Love You Language Right Place Dancing Responding Find Given Part Feel Instinctual Operate Because Camera Any Any Given Moment Place Much Body Body Language Reason Moment Actor Why Right

For me, I just like new challenges. Rachel Morrison

Me Challenges New Like New Challenges Just

Rachel Morrison Quotes

No more Rachel Morrison quotes