Agents Quote by Ang Lee

And then to see the whole movie, you're pretty much waiting until the end of production. And the major lifting in terms of editing…

— Charlie Kaufman

As a writer and a director, I simply don’t have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted…

— Gary Ross

It takes so long to put a movie into production and finish it that anyone with a bad idea has time to give it…

— Dave Foley

I think some people get confused between development and pre-production. In pre-production, you know all your dates.You know when you're aiming to release the…

— Gareth Edwards

We used to take two years to complete a film, and sometimes, we used to be told on the sets that the scenes are…

— Dimple Kapadia

There are two phases to a movie. First you shoot the movie, and then you make the movie. Generally, post-production is longer than filming.

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

At the end of the day you do have to write a short novel beforehand, called a script, before you can make a movie.

— Louis Garrel

If a movie doesn't even have financing yet, they'll do a table read for it at a casting director's office with actors, for the…

— Bill Hader

A lot of films come out before they're finished.

— Ed Harris

You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in…

— Michael Rooker

I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering…

— Spike Jonze

With the movies, people are not going to wait around. The deadline is a deadline. In publishing it's more a polite suggestion.

— David Benioff