Alternatives Quote by Julia Stiles

Once you start to realize that a film is the sum of its editing, then editing is the thing you're always looking at.

— Anthony Minghella

Fundamentally, I always find that most of the films that I've put out are essentially the director's cut. Part of the process with a…

— Ridley Scott

With film sometimes you're thrown in there and you literally hit the ground running, taking your best shot and just leave it up to…

— Tony Todd

Well, there are three different processes of making a film, of course. They're sort of re-written three times. You write it to start with,…

— Stephen Daldry

Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room.…

— Ridley Scott

Making a film is just layers and layers of work of edits and trial and error.

— Raoul Peck

When you get into the edit you'll understand what making a film is. You'll see all the things you missed and all the possibilities…

— Ralph Fiennes

A lot of directors, they don't go into the editing room during the shoot. When they come back, they've forgotten what they've shot. That's…

— Til Schweiger

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.

— Alan Parker

All the films are hits before you turn the camera on. It's only in the execution that they fail. I've been less than happy…

— Bruce Willis

The essence of cinema is editing.

— Francis Ford Coppola