Cutting Quote by Joe Wright

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

— Mark Ruffalo

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

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

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

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

So whenever I had some in-between producing time down in my studio I popped a tape in and started working on it. Working a…

— Billy Sherwood

I tend to write songs fast, so the process usually only lasts around 30 minutes. In the studio is where I really can artistically…

— Alan Cohen

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

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

It's really not that hard. If I do a Tonight Show, it's six or seven minutes. If I do a concert, it's 90 minutes.…

— Howie Mandel

Some scenes take days and weeks, and some scenes take an hour.

— Chris Chibnall

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