Edited Quote by William Monahan

Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing

— Garry Marshall

Nothing is cut while I'm shooting. I edit between nine months and a year, and usually have around 80 hours of footage I have…

— Christopher Guest

Whenever I'm not shooting, I'm in the editing room with my footage. While the crew is taking 15 minutes to an hour to set…

— Kevin Smith

I don't shoot movies quickly because I get a lot of coverage and a lot of angles, so we have all the pieces in…

— Nancy Meyers

You get so deep into something when you are filming, it's almost like writing it again when you are in the edit.

— Kate Herron

Sometimes when you're heavy into the shooting or editing of a picture, you get to the point where you don't know if you could…

— Martin Scorsese

To receive footage that has been shot with editing in mind, it is a blessing.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

Once I'm in the editing room, forget about what I intended to shoot. I take a cold, hard look at what I really did…

— Doug Liman

I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is…

— Terrence Malick

I have learned to consciously avoid letting that thought, It's been done, enter my creative process. You have to try not to edit yourself…

— Todd Hido

I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the editing room.

— Jason Reitman

You can really shoot things you think might work on camera one way, then you can try it that way, and then if you…

— Megan Mullally