Eve Arnold Quotes

I really like photography, and I'd like to do more of that kind of thing. If I had to choose a different job within the industry and do it well, I would love to do cinematography.

Once in a while, the thumb that fits over the neck of the guitar kinda bothers me a little bit, but not that much yet. I figure in time I won't do much because of my age.

If any other part of your body has some weakness, you go, 'Well I can probably manage.' But when you're a quarterback, and it's your right hand, you're certainly concerned far as being able to do your job.

I've always wanted to be behind the camera in some capacity.

I can't really grip the ball with my left hand.

I've discovered that being behind the camera is more fascinating. If I had to choose a profession today, it would have been something behind the camera.

I am somewhat handicapped in doing things with my hands.

These fingers of mine got brains in 'em.

The hands are the instruments of man’s intelligence.

My mind still wants to do everything; my body can't anymore. My mind would want to continue until I was 100.

Technically I don't play sports because I have two left feet and I cannot coordinate and my motor skills are a bit 'out of whack.'

While I can fight, I will fight. When I can't walk straight or my hands are knackered, then you've got to turn it in.

Mentally, I could fight forever. I feel I'm the best fighter on the planet. My mind says I can fight forever, but physically, I won't be able to do it.

My earliest memory as a kid was when I was about six, my dad used to take me and our Labrador Glen for a walk. We used to take a wind up camera and go searching for crop circles. We'd make little notes and I'd take photos of the circles.

A lot of male cinematographers stick a pillow to their stomachs so they have somewhere to rest their elbows while shooting.

I've always preferred being behind the camera.

My chops have always been sort of weak, because the right side of my body was paralyzed a little bit. It was very limiting. I have to design stuff I can play, and it took me a year and a half to figure out how to hold a guitar pick.

You'd be waiting 30 or 40 years for me to build a table. I have more than two left hands.

One of the problems trying to play an instrument outside in the cold is your fingers give up on you and you can't wear gloves, even fingerless.

I am very much open to doing cinematography for any talented filmmaker, if the script is good.

I can't tie my shoes. So many people have tried to teach me, but it's one of those things where I physically can't learn. I don't know why.

I like to work behind the camera.

I have always said that I will retire when my body starts giving out on me.

When I got on my first set, I watched what the cinematographer was doing, and at that level in film school, the cinematographer has the most control. They're the one looking through the viewfinder, carrying the camera, framing the shots.

When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete - to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can't be a second or two behind.