Cutting Quote by Alejandro Amenabar

Interestingly, my first director's cut was an hour and forty-one minutes. Then, the studio actually wanted to add more to the story, so we…

— Kim Jee-woon

I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie,…

— Steven Spielberg

My first cut was three hours and 17 minutes. And then I just became very shrewd about the editing.

— Mark Ruffalo

I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies.

— M. Night Shyamalan

All my cuts are always about three hours, at the start, mainly because any scene in the movie that's 90 seconds, I probably shot…

— Judd Apatow

The first cut I do is usually between five and 10 minutes shorter then the cut that we release. Anything I think isn't working…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

First cuts are a bitch for a director, because it's been so many months and you put your trust in your editor and you're…

— Richard Donner

Nothing is cut while I'm shooting. I edit between nine months and a year, and usually have around 80 hours of footage I have…

— Christopher Guest

My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in cuts, the…

— M. Night Shyamalan

I'm an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

Three-quarters of directors waste four hours on a shot that requires five minutes of actual directing. I prefer to have five minutes' work for…

— Jean-Luc Godard

My first cut that I showed the studio was probably 2hrs 20min.

— Joe Wright