Thelma Schoonmaker

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

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

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

You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better at that.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

We don't worry about continuity because when we're doing so many improvs, it's better to get the laugh. It's better to get…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

I was just stunned when I came to America. I didn't know anything about rock music or football, and I felt very…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

As you can imagine, between Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese, I've had quite a rich life!

— Thelma Schoonmaker

In 'Silence,' there was no improvisation at all; really, you're dealing with a script and a 17th century way of speaking.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

Some young filmmakers, unfortunately, don't have the ability to resist attempts to maybe cut their films down unfairly.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

I started in documentaries, and that was a great help to me with improvisation, because with documentaries, you're handed a big lump…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

When we were cutting 'Raging Bull,' Martin Scorsese was watching 'The Films of Hoffmann' on a 16-mm print over and over and…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

An actor's performance can be improved or shaped - or ruined - by what takes you use, how long you are on…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

If I hadn't met Scorsese, I would never have become a filmmaker. He has taught me everything I know about editing and…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

With digital editing, I now can make many, many versions of a scene.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

When you're a film-maker, sometimes you have to be a slave to continuity.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

'Silence,' I think, was the hardest, because it's so different from everything we've done before and required very delicate handling and trying…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

I won the Oscar for 'Raging Bull' for those fight sequences. If you look at those fight sequences, those were so incredibly…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

Everybody would like us to make 'Goodfellas' over and over and over again.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

Whenever I can, I like to go to Cotswolds, in England, where my husband had a cottage. I spend my time reading…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

Doing 3D on 'Hugo' was a big learning curve for me, but fun!

— Thelma Schoonmaker

With Technicolor restorations, it's about getting the color right.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

To receive footage that has been shot with editing in mind, it is a blessing.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

I hope films will be somehow preserved and seen by as many people as possible in the future. There are endless treasures…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

[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

I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing.

— Thelma Schoonmaker