Contracts Quote by David Twohy

The first cut I do is usually between five and 10 minutes shorter then the cut that we release. Anything I think isn't working…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

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

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

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

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

Short cuts make long delays.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Broadly, I start it off as a two-and-a-half-hour show, and I try to get it down to an hour 45. I will drop some…

— Rhod Gilbert

Whenever you're adapting something that's a 12- or 14-hour read down to something that has to be around two hours, there's going to be…

— Francis Lawrence

Short cuts make for long delays.

— JRR Tolkien

With most specials, even the best comedians will tell you they could have cut 15 or 20 minutes out of it.

— Neal Brennan

They made a three-hour 'Raw,' but two hours is about my time limit. I ain't got that kind of attention span.

— Stone Cold Steve Austin