Be brave Quote by Chris Messina

Every time I'm in editing, there's always a moment where you think, "Maybe this should be six or seven minutes shorter, but I'm losing…

— Judd Apatow

You do understand that you can't force the situation, but in terms of how you edit, you can define that to take the audience…

— Barry Levinson

In every take, that you're not sure of what they're going to cut and paste together and what the arc or the purpose or…

— Shannyn Sossamon

In a series, you really need to stay open-minded. It's not like a play or a film, where you can create and fully commit…

— Johnny Galecki

I learned early on that it's heartbreaking to - there's the editor that comes in, and then they have to craft the movie together,…

— Tavis Smiley

Film making to me is a lot like parts of my life. I wish to edit out certain scenes but dammit it wouldn't make…

— Jennifer Amorelli

Cut your manuscript ruthlessly but never throw anything away: it's amazing how often a discarded scene or description, which wouldn't fit in one place,…

— Robert Harris

I've had a huge career of killing off characters. Low attention span. Done that, that works, done. I can't get out of bed if…

— Harry Enfield

No one leaves the edit room thinking, 'Yeah, I nailed that one!' Everyone I know goes into their first premiere or their first screening…

— Mike Mills

There's always a great hue and cry when you sign onto a "remake," and that's always been sort of annoying me and freaking me…

— William Monahan

After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn't matter if it's a story…

— Leslie Jamison

The main thing that I learned from editing is that most people, when they're making a film, they start too early into the story.…

— Steven Zaillian