Quotes by Editing I became really aware that when you're making a movie, you're making it three times. You're making it when you're writing it. You're making it when you're shooting it. And then you're remaking it again when you're editing it. Mark Ruffalo threeeditingwriting My first cut was three hours and 17 minutes. And then I just became very shrewd about the editing. Mark Ruffalo cuttingeditingfirsts I guess if editing doesn't hurt, you're probably not doing it properly. I find it quite difficult. The hardest part is believing that it's actually working and getting rid of the doubt that always creeps in. Markus Zusak hurteditingbelieve All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room. Martin Short editingtryingrooms And so you try your best. Sometimes you go in with one thing, with one desire and come out with something else. In the case of 'The Aviator' it was to create a Hollywood spectacle, but by about the second or third week of shooting you just want to literally survive it. Because don't forget, I also go through the editing process too, and when the film is released I have to talk about it. So, I take all of that very seriously. Martin Scorsese editingdesiretrying 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 ever do it again. Martin Scorsese shootingeditingsometimes The creation of the island, or the impression of the island, as it changes in the mind of the character also came in to play... there was another very important collaborator, Rob Legato, on special visual effects. And then ultimately there's Thelma Schoonmaker, who keeps me focused during the editing of the picture. Martin Scorsese editingislandscharacter I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films. Martin Scorsese shootingfilmediting I wish I could play music. I think I get as closeas possible with the editing of the films. Over the years musichas been an even more important influence than-or as important as-film.There's no doubt about it. Painting, movement, dance, sculpture-it'sall in cinema. Martin Scorsese editingyearsthinking When you catch an adjective, kill it. Mark Twain plain-languageeditingwriting When I have just sat down and tried to write the lyrics of a song, usually about half of it sounds like bullshit. I just have to go away from something and come back to it again later. I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes me forever to get a song finished. Matt Berninger editingwritingsong A perfect movie is a different thing, but a funny movie is easy. I was really happy that I got everyone that I got. Everybody got to play to their strengths and was paired up in the right scenarios. It was very fortunate. It was exciting, the whole process. It makes more difficulty in editing 'cause there's more footage, but the guy I had handle it was a documentarian editor for a long time, so it was very useful. Matt Walsh editorseditingplay My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight. Maya Lin goaleditingneeds Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity. Michael Dirda faithfuleditingwriting In early days, I showed everything I made. There was no such thing as editing a collection. In the '80s, it got to the point where we'd have shows with a hundred looks. You'd want to order a pizza before it was over! Michael Kors editingorderlooks As the actor, you can't be worried about the scene that you're going to playing two days from now. You think about what's going on, right now and in the moment. That's what you worry about. Everything is right then and there. In the end, all of the pieces come together, thanks to the editing and James Gunn. Michael Rooker editingtwothinking I watched a lot of movies from all over the world. The Russians were very good at editing. They were specialists in editing. The Man with a Camera, if you know that movie, is incredible. I still don't understand how it works. It's a movie with no script, no actors and still it works. It's really good. It's really about editing. Michel Hazanavicius editingmenworld So if we're going to build new applications that require a large time investment, like say movie editing - today that doesn't matter for the enterprise desktop, but eventually it will when we get closer to consumers - you really need to have a cross-platform story. Miguel de Icaza editingtodayneeds It is amazing how little effort most people make to improve control of their attention. If reading a book seems too difficult, instead of sharpening concentration we tend to set it aside and instead turn on the television, which not only requires minimal attention, but in fact tends to diffuse what little it commands with choppy editing, commercial interruptions, and generally inane content. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi readingeditingbook I love the editing process of making movies. I just wish that life had one. Mike Nichols processeditingwish«910111213141516171819»
