Cinema Quote by M. Night Shyamalan

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

I'm an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.

— Barry Sonnenfeld

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

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

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

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 usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie,…

— Steven Spielberg

I don't believe in director's cuts where you make things longer. The coolest thing was when the Coen brothers did a director's cut of…

— Jason Reitman

I don't believe moviegoers don't have patience. Screenwriters are told a scene can't be longer than three minutes, that you have to cut to…

— Tracy Letts

Sometimes on a big feature film it seems to take far, far longer to do things than it should.

— Nick Searcy

There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut.

— Ang Lee

The normal cut in a theatrical film is anywhere from 3 to 6 seconds. That means thousands of images in a film over a…

— Godfrey Reggio