Quotes by Editing For film at the beginning of the 20th century, they didn't even know what editing was yet. Actors didn't know how to perform in front of the camera. There wasn't sound. Tom Bissell camerabeginningknowediting I was directing as a kid in movies, and that was always my strongest interest. When I was under contract at Universal, I conned an editing room out of them and spent my money to rent a camera and shoot film and make some movies. Tim Matheson cameramoviesmoneyediting I believe you make a movie three times: once in the development process - putting the ingredients like the script, cast and crew together - once in the shooting process, and once in the editing process. Tim Bevan youeditingtogetherbelieve I hate sitting around and waiting; that's why I always have an editing suite on set. Til Schweiger hatesittingwaitingediting A lot of directors, they don't go into the editing room during the shoot. When they come back, they've forgotten what they've shot. That's why their films come out a year after they shoot them. Til Schweiger yearbackgoediting Most fledgling and mid-list writers are lucky to be offered a 4-figure sum and are not only expected to deliver copy that needs minimal editing but also take an active part in marketing and publicizing their work. Sara Sheridan copyluckyeditingwork I like editing. Generally, you work under the assumption that everything can be shorter. I like to see if I can reconstruct a sentence. I find that enjoyable work. Sheldon Harnick youi-caneditingwork I believe there's a platonic ideal for every book that is written, like there's the perfect version of the book somewhere in the ether, and my job is to find what that book is through my editing. Sheila Heti jobeditingbelievebook I don't think about the reader when I'm writing, but I do when I'm editing, of course. For instance, I self-consciously didn't want to do anything to increase the divide between mothers and nonmothers - I think that divide is so horrible and destructive and unnecessary. Sheila Heti thinkeditingwantwriting I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the editing room that's shaped by getting to know the person and digging deeper, unpeeling the layers of them as you get to know them. Spike Jonze endbeginningyouediting The main thing that I learned from editing is that most people, when they're making a film, they start too early into the story. They will try to set up the characters, they will try to establish things before the plot actually starts. Steven Zaillian storystarteditingpeople The process of working with the second unit director and basically sharing your workload with another director is such an interesting, delicate thing - and entrusting that person with your vision and making sure that you are not adding a completely different aesthetic to the mix that you don't have to contend with in editing. Susanna Fogel youaestheticvisionediting The hunger for knowing is what excites me. I get to geek out about editing, be on set, give notes to writers - I love it all. Sue Naegle mehungereditinglove While there are certainly food-focused content out there on the Web and on TV, most of this content need to weave through many layers of editing before it reaches the viewer. Steve Chen contentneedthroughediting I've worked on a set before, know something about cameras, and done some editing. Steve Carr somethingknowdoneediting I was fooled a bit during 'Laguna Beach.' I was 17, 18 years old, and I thought they just wanted to shoot a documentary, and that it probably wouldn't end up anywhere, anyway. Little did we know about the power of editing. I had no idea that it was going to be the soap drama that it was, but I picked up on that pretty quickly. Stephen Colletti endpowereditingbeach Dolce & Gabbana is like our child. The editing of a collection before a show is a tough call, as we would like to show everything! Stefano Gabbana everythingchildtoughediting I'm really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It's something that I think doesn't get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing. Sarah Dessen thinkchanceeditinghappy In 'Serena,' stuff happens, then nastier stuff, without ever engaging the viewer's rooting interest or sick fear. Sometimes it's a question of sloppiness on the set or in the editing room. Richard Corliss sickfeareditingsometimes Although Patterson Beams was not my first plug-in, I knew from the beginning that I would write it, because the single biggest time consuming factor for me was editing each beam manually. Robert Patterson beginningmeeditingtime«1920212223242526272829»
