Cutting Quote by Nicholas Stoller

Definitely my favorite cut is the one that got put out. That's my favorite version of the film, the one that I put in…

— Fede Alvarez

The theatrical versions are the definitive versions. I regard the extended cuts as being a novelty for the fans that really want to see…

— Peter Jackson

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

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

A lot of times, it's easy to trim the movie 'cause you just start losing things that you thought would be there just for…

— Judd Apatow

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

— Barry Sonnenfeld

Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.

— Sidney Lumet

I've never made a film where I don't have final cut. And I can't imagine doing that. That just seems like it would be…

— Kelly Reichardt

The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene.

— Edward Dmytryk

It's just really, really beautiful. Each scene is one long 15 minute take without cutting. My scene is with Robin Wright-Penn so I'm pretty…

— Jason Isaacs

Usually you always see first cut is an extended version, because it's basically everything you shot, and you have that version and then you…

— Fede Alvarez

I hate when a movie just sort of ends and is so open-ended you feel like it wasn't finished. I appreciate leaving things up…

— Zach Gilford