Quotes by Editing Everything in comedy's got to be exactly right, which is why making a comedic film is kind of a difficult process, because, for most of the two years of shooting it and editing it and reshooting and all of that, it's not quite right. And it's only when you just at the end, you put the final polish on it, it becomes really funny again. John Cleese editing two years I really only became an editor, or started doing my own editing because I was filming the docs and you simply can't keep an editor on for as long as it takes so. John Hyams editors editing long It should be obvious that this pattern of systematic holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration is not the result of accidents, editing oversights or technical mistakes. These are material omissions that - in our view - constitute another material breach. It is up to Iraq to prove that there is some other explanation besides the obvious one, that this declaration is just one more act of deception in a history of lies from a defiant dictator. John Negroponte editing mistake lying It's been 50 years since I was on the roof of my parents' house shooting Hag in a Black Leather Jacket when I didn't even know there was such a thing as editing. I thought you just shot the film and showed it. That's exactly what I did. I'm not that different 50 years later. John Waters leather-jackets editing years It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true to the emotion of the film without turning it into a melodrama, and making sure you're getting all the laughs you can without it turning into just some stupid comedy. Jon Turteltaub stupid editing laughing I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called Film Culture. Jonas Mekas new-york editing jobs 'How do you balance the creative with the biblical?' One could pick up the scripture and read it to oneself and you would be communing directly with that information. As soon as you go into film, as soon as there's a camera, and there's an angle, and there's lighting, and there's editing, you're into the adaptation. Joseph Fiennes biblical creative editing The writing itself is no big deal. The editing, and even more than that, the self-doubt, is excruciatingly impossible. Jonathan Safran Foer self editing writing When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer. Joseph Kanon editing perfect want When I started editing on my home computer, I said to myself, 'Well, I could be at home studying for a class or I could be at home editing a video.' Joseph Gordon-Levitt editing home class Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. Joseph Addison storm editors editing The border between editing and ghostwriting is, at its extremes, a bit porous. An editor really improves and sometimes restructures a manuscript and suggests changes. Judith Thurman editors borders editing I try to just save a fresh, clear head for whoever I'm working with, so hopefully it's helpful that there's someone who doesn't have to sit in the editing room for 12 hours a day, and who's blinded by the massive footage and options that they have. Judd Apatow clear-head editing trying Every time I'm in editing, there's always a moment where you think, "Maybe this should be six or seven minutes shorter, but I'm losing character and story that I think is important." When I like things, I'm not in a rush for them to end. Judd Apatow editing character thinking With film, so much is in the director's hands. Once something is cut together - unless you're in the editing room - you don't really remember what the alternatives are. Julia Stiles cutting editing hands Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid of everything except the very best. Juliana Hatfield stupid editing writing The way I work is that I never let people do an assembly. I don't like it because it shapes the film in a way that I can't really control. To me, editing is making the film and it's a huge process and editors are under-rated. Julie Delpy editors editing people In real life, when you speak with each other you overlap each other, so you can't fake that. Like especially when you have no cut. In a regular film when you want people to overlap you cut it that way. It's mixing and editing. Julie Delpy cutting real editing I learned directing by editing because I saw all the mistakes I had made. Julie Delpy saws editing mistake I did a film that I shot in 24 hours that was self-financed for $5,000. It was a feature called Looking For Jimmy that I shot with a bunch of friends. I spent eight months editing because we had 24 hours of footage that made no sense and I learned a lot about directing while editing that film. Julie Delpy eight self editing «678910111213141516»
