Flow Quote by Karan Mahajan

What I normally do with long scenes is that I understand the emotional content and the words fall into place.

— Shefali Shah

The opportunity to be able to tell long-form character stories is something that TV affords and is therefore a terrain that a lot of…

— James Watkins

Having made films, I know very well that the scope of the average 90- to 120-minute movie is about the same narrative heft as…

— Paul Auster

It doesn't matter about the length of the role. I don't do films for the number of scenes. I go for the quality of…

— Tamannaah

There were scenes that just for length purposes, and knowing that the attention span of kids is not great, don't make it much longer…

— John Badham

Unless the story line carries the scenes, the scenes don't really mean anything.

— George Cukor

If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.

— Alan Ball

The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to…

— Stewart O'Nan

Ultimately, you just have to do what feels right for the film. It really helps when you have great collaborators like my editor, Eduardo…

— Sonia Braga

I don't play long parts. They must be short parts, but they've got to be parts that mean something, that matter, where people will…

— Christopher Lee

There is a value to moving more slowly through a story.

— Christopher Bollen

When you have good writing, the rhythm of the scene is very apparent. What the scene demands is very clear.

— Carrie Coon