About Quote by Bille August

I think that's my approach: If it feels right for a scene to be whole, to hold on without cutting for a long time,…

— David Mackenzie

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

There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut.

— Ang Lee

The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut…

— Kenneth Branagh

When you cut from a long shot to a close shot, you're doing it for a reason, or if you let something stay in…

— David Lowery

Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never knew. Sometimes,…

— Sarah Dessen

The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene.

— Edward Dmytryk

I come from a TV background, so for me this more like doing a freeing theatre piece because we'd go into a room and…

— Jennifer Sky

In the past I've worked with directors who saw very much their scene in their head and knew exactly how they were going to…

— Colm Meaney

We start with a rehearsal where the actors kind of bring what they think should be in the scene. But we film everything, and…

— Lars von Trier

It's wonderful to work on footage by someone who understands how to get it to cut right, which a lot of directors don't.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

In any movie, there are a number of scenes that get cut in an effort to keep the film from running too long. Some…

— Robert B. Weide