“I have a lot of influences. I like to sit down with the cinematographe...” — Ben Affleck Quote

“I have a lot of influences. I like to sit down with the cinematographer a month before, and we'll watch pieces of 20 or 30 movies. You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.”

“I grew up in a home environment where I wasn't getting esteem for anything I did.”

“I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.”

“When you are interviewing someone, don't just write down what he says. Ask yourself: Does this guy remind you of someone? What does the room feel like? Notice smells, voice inflection, neighborhoods you pass through. Be a cinematographer.”

“I was interested in photography from my college days and wanted to become a cinematographer.”

“A lot of times, I'll resist the temptation to visually define a movie until, one, I really understand just what the movie's about, and two, until I start talking to my cinematographer.”