I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I always thought that's the wonderful thing about filmmaking: people see things differently. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
Film, if properly cared for, will last almost 100 years, but digital will not. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
When you're a film-maker, sometimes you have to be a slave to continuity. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
Everybody would like us to make 'Goodfellas' over and over and over again. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about filmmaking: Things happen you don't know are going to happen at the end. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I particularly remember with 'Casino,' everyone was like, 'It's not 'Goodfellas!'' No, it's not 'Goodfellas.' That's right: it's a different movie. Now,… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
Scorsese has very defined ideas about how to shoot a scene, and he's an editor himself - we cut together. It means… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
[Martin] Scorsese says one of the great things he loves about it is how Mark can't get the right shot and he's… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
'Raging Bull' was staggering to work on. I was well aware of how lucky I was to be in this extraordinary situation.… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
Even in 'The Red Shoes,' a film that nobody ever has complaints about, there are enormous continuity bumps, and it doesn't matter.… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I hope films will be somehow preserved and seen by as many people as possible in the future. There are endless treasures… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I think everyone loves 'The Departed.' That was a movie that had a lot of problems structurally. And we had to battle… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
When you're in a movie with an audience, you can feel where a film is dragging. People start to move. They fidget.… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I'd trained to be a diplomat but the state department said I was too liberal. I saw an ad in the New… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
There's a great deal of mystery in film editing, and that's because you're not supposed to see a lot of it. You're… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I remember, at the Oscars in 1991, 'Dances with Wolves' won that year, and we were nominated for 'Goodfellas.' One of my… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I have a great relationship and the highest respect for Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio. But working with De Niro has been… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
Emeric [Pressburger] was completely cosmopolitan. That's what makes their [with Michael Powell] films so special. Neither of them thought twice about making… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I do think there's not enough film history being taught and appreciated. Maybe it's being taught, but I've heard from professors that… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
If forced to choose my favourite film, I would have to say 'Raging Bull' because it was the first feature film I… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
'Raging Bull' was badly received at first. It took 10 years for it to be recognised. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I know a lot of editors who are very bitter about the directors they work with. They feel they could have done… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
Like a lady who has lost weight and she's just getting to that point where she can fit into that favourite dress,… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I can access footage much quicker, yes. But in terms of living with a film and knowing what's right, digital doesn't do… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
It's wonderful to work on footage by someone who understands how to get it to cut right, which a lot of directors… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
Some young filmmakers, unfortunately, don't have the ability to resist attempts to maybe cut their films down unfairly. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I won the Oscar for 'Raging Bull' for those fight sequences. If you look at those fight sequences, those were so incredibly… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
There are more women editors than people realise. I think we're more able to keep our eye on what the film needs.… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
The difference between a film that ends up three hours and a film that is envisioned as three hours is that it's… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
'Raging Bull' was just a dream to work on, but it took a lot of work to get all those fights to work right… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
Film, if properly cared for, will last almost 100 years, but digital will not. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
My family goes way back in New York. So I am a New Yorker; I feel like a New Yorker. It's in my bones. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
People expect artists to be too normal, I think. I've been around enough of them now to see that they're very extraordinary human beings… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
Throwing things out is one of the most difficult and important things you ever have to do. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
That's the great thing about filmmaking: Things happen you don't know are going to happen at the end. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
One day, I read an extremely vague ad looking for someone interested in working in film. Seeing as I loved watching films, I replied,… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
Even though my parents are American, I spent my whole childhood and adolescence abroad. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
When you're in a movie with an audience, you can feel where a film is dragging. People start to move. They fidget. You need… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
In the very beginning, women were editors because they were the people in the lab rolling the film before there was editing. Then when… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
Michael's Powell art director was a painter and they had a wonderful friendship and artistic understanding. Michael himself, in the way he designed his… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
I love improvisation. I mean, it's hard to edit, because things don't necessarily fall together - you have to find ways to give it… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
Even in 'The Red Shoes,' a film that nobody ever has complaints about, there are enormous continuity bumps, and it doesn't matter. You know… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share
![“[Martin] Scorsese says one of the great things he loves about it is how Mark can't get the right shot and he's killing people because he can't get the right shot. It's an example of what film-makers are like.” quote by Thelma Schoonmaker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/425/thelma-schoonmaker-8192_example_martin-scorsese-says-one-of-the-great-th_1865690.png)
![“Emeric [Pressburger] was completely cosmopolitan. That's what makes their [with Michael Powell] films so special. Neither of them thought twice about making a film about a friendship between an Englishman and a German during the Blitz. They were genius.” quote by Thelma Schoonmaker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c98/thelma-schoonmaker-8192_blitz_emeric-pressburger-was-completely-cosmop_2101009.png)
