Canning Fok quotes

This is not a phone business. This is the smallest video camera, it's the smallest computer, smallest TV.
-- Canning Fok

#Technology #Phones #Cameras

An interface can be a powerful narrative device. And as we collect more and more personally and socially relevant data, we have an opportunity, and maybe even an obligation, to maintain [our] humanity and tell some amazing stories.

I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.

It's a 360-degree sound experience. Like you're in the middle of the band. A lot of people have the technology to play the format, so why not put it out there. It sounds great.

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.

I don't understand technology, and I'm very scared of it.

I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.

I never got into using my phone's calendar. It's easier to write in my Tiffany day planner. There's something charming about having a datebook.

The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie,

As a director who loves the camera you learn a lot.

I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing a scene where I'm off camera, I'm treating that as a rehearsal.