Cutting Quote by Barry Sonnenfeld

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

— M. Night Shyamalan

For my first movie, I think my first cut was like three hours, because when you first direct a movie, you want to keep…

— Alejandro Amenabar

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

— Mark Ruffalo

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

— Joe Wright

Damn, my first cut that I showed to distributors was probably about two hours and 20 minutes, even though my contract said two hours.…

— David Twohy

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

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

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

— Barry Sonnenfeld

I don't believe in director's cuts where you make things longer. The coolest thing was when the Coen brothers did a director's cut of…

— Jason Reitman

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

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