There are some elements of digital photography that I don't really like, such as the fact that you see the results immediately.

- Anton Corbijn

There's only one music video that had an emotional impact on me, and that's 'Hurt' by Johnny Cash. That's exceptional. There is no music video I can think of apart from that one that really reaches you inside.

- Anton Corbijn

If you're an artist, it's OK to put your money into your art. The advantage, in hindsight, is that you become the film, and the film becomes you; you breathe it.

- Anton Corbijn

I'm not totally blind to the fact that I like people to see my work, but if it's not something I would enjoy seeing in a magazine, then I think I shouldn't be making it. I think that I don't represent only myself, I represent more people; I mean, if I like it, then I think more people will like it because I think I'm quite a normal guy.

- Anton Corbijn

I wanted to move away from Holland for my work because I felt that things would be better for me in England. But when I heard Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures', that pushed me towards making the move and making it real. I met them within 12 days of moving to England.

- Anton Corbijn

Mandela is just the eternal man. You want that man to be around forever. It's the closest thing we have to God, I think. He's the father of mankind, almost.

- Anton Corbijn

A lot of scripts that I was given I didn't feel were right for me, because I didn't feel anything for them - I didn't feel like I was going to change in life and start directing.

- Anton Corbijn

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

- Anton Corbijn

With a film, you try to keep your vision in it. I think with 'The American' and 'Control' I managed to do that.

- Anton Corbijn

There's a lot about records that you cannot feel from a CD.

- Anton Corbijn

'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director of, because I had an emotional attachment to the whole story. And because of that experience, I feel that I can try other films. I didn't set out to become a director.

- Anton Corbijn

My world is much bigger than music, and that's why I always fight the 'rock' label.

- Anton Corbijn

My life changed incredibly when I moved from Holland to England.

- Anton Corbijn

It's so easy for people to stick a label on you, and then that taints everything you touch.

- Anton Corbijn

I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.

- Anton Corbijn

I'm not educated as a filmmaker, so it's quite a jump for me.

- Anton Corbijn

I wanted to make a film as an artist, and it's going to have to find an audience, you know. I don't know how big the audience will be.

- Anton Corbijn

For many years I wanted to do a film, but I never had the courage to clear my desk and say, 'OK I'll take a year off and do a film.'

- Anton Corbijn

Once you make decisions, you can't go back, but in photography, that process can continue. With film, you have to eliminate all the possibilities and make the one possibility work the best for you, so you have to become very creative with the direction you've chosen.

- Anton Corbijn

I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.

- Anton Corbijn