“Of all the people who make up a movie production unit, the cameraman is the only one who can call himself a free soul.”
— "The Motion Picture Cameraman", Theatre Arts Magazine, September, 1941.
“The star system has us making pictures with personalities rather than stories, sacrificing everything in order to keep some old bags playing young women.”
— From an essay Toland wrote for International Photographer arguing that cinematographers needed to be uncompromising.

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“Of all the people who make up a movie production unit, the cameraman is the only one who can call himself a free soul.”
— "The Motion Picture Cameraman", Theatre Arts Magazine, September, 1941.
“The star system has us making pictures with personalities rather than stories, sacrificing everything in order to keep some old bags playing young women.”
— From an essay Toland wrote for International Photographer arguing that cinematographers needed to be uncompromising.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.