Actual Quote by Nicolas Roeg

When you cut a film, certain scenes fall away and don't fit into the shape of the movie.

— Wyck Godfrey

All weight cuts are hard.

— Dustin Poirier

Some filmmakers go into a film and it's already shot and cut in their head.

— Johnny Depp

I don't believe in director's cuts and I also don't really believe in deleted scenes because the movie that is in theaters, that's what…

— Neill Blomkamp

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

— Edward Dmytryk

I've had to cut my mom out of a movie before - it's ruthless, editing. But it's also so necessary; because once you start…

— Derek Cianfrance

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

Certainly it's very difficult to keep momentum going through a film which has as many characters as this does, and the piece took on…

— John Crowley

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

I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore. They are…

— Dileep Rao

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

Whenever I see a cut of a film and something is gone, I don't notice it unless it obviously should have been kept.

— Steven Knight