Quotes by Editing Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything. Ridley Scott takengoneediting When you get back into the editing suite in the cold light of day, the written stuff is better. Ricky Gervais lighteditingstuff I like every part [of the film process ] except the business and admin stuff. The initial idea. Writing. Re-writing. Casting. Directing, Editing. If I had to chose I'd say writing, followed by putting music on the picture. That is magical. Ricky Gervais editingwritingideas I know when something is done and when it isn't. There's been times working on movies when they [moviemakers] lock in a release date and so you're stuck to that schedule. But sometimes you're still editing and you feel like you're not really done, but they're sort of releasing the movie anyway - that's kind of depressing. Rob Zombie release-datedepressingediting A film is born in my head and I kill it on paper. It is brought back to life by the actors and then killed in the camera. It is then resurrected into a third and final life in the editing room where the dismembered pieces are assembled into their finished form. Robert Bresson piecesactorsediting You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good. Robert De Niro editinggivingcharacter Increasingly, editing means going to lunch. It means editing with a credit card, not with a pencil. Robert Gottlieb luncheditingmean Even if it's a "talking head documentary" about a social movement or something along those lines, I've always thought of editing the timing and the sense of the piece for the theatrical experience. Robert Greene pieceseditingtalking I think you either have chemistry or you don't. If you could create chemistry in the editing room then there would be no films without chemistry, obviously, because there are a lot of good editors out there who'd be able to take care of that then if that's how it really worked. Robert Schwentke editorseditingthinking If you go through any newspaper or magazine and look for active, kicking verbs in the sentences, you will realize that this lack of well used verbs is the main trouble with modern English writing. Almost all nonfiction nowadays is written in a sort of pale, colorless sauce of passives and infinitives, motionless and flat as paper. Rudolf Flesch kickingeditingwriting If you give the same 200 frames to 200 different people, they'll all probably pick a different frame. The key is editing. Be intuitive enough to be shooting at the right moment, and when you're seeing the action happening just as you want it, shoot. And in the edit you have to go with your gut. Russell James keyseditingpeople When I'm editing, it's such a tough call, and I get challenged on it all the time. You've got to go with your gut - sometimes when you look at a photograph, you just know it's the shot. Sometimes it's about the connection, or about the simplicity of the composition. Russell James connectionssimplicityediting No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. Russell Lynes editingwritingart You collaborate with actors who are also talented and visionary and come together on a artistic direction within the confines of humanity and realism. The collaboration that you have had with all of these people plays an integral role in its final stage where editing and music are combine to enhance your work. This whole process is very rewarding and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Ruth E. Carter editingplaypeople The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere. S. J. Perelman editorseditingwriting There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity. Saint Francis de Sales simplicityeditingwriting I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing. Salma Hayek movieactorsediting I've directed bits of action and so I know that it's long and it's very detailed. Editing action is a good deal more exciting than shooting action. Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces. Sam Mendes pieceseditinglong [CNN host] doesn't know what's going on in the editing room. She knows what he's told happened, and she's reading it off the teleprompter, and she just accepts it. I'm not saying that they're IQ dumb or any of that. I'm saying they're not curious. Rush Limbaugh cnnreadingediting Artistry is important. Skill, hard work, rewriting, editing, and careful, careful craft: All of these are necessary. These are what separate the beginners from experienced artists. Sarah Kay hard-workartistediting«1314151617181920212223»
