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 More Quotes by Julie Delpy More Quotes From Julie Delpy I love the acting process. What I don't like is what's around it. The auditions and being rejected every other day. The look thing. That you have to lose weight, that you have to do Botox. Julie Delpy botox acting looks Reality and love are almost contradictory for me. Julie Delpy before-sunset and-love reality The condition of being an actress can be unbearable. Julie Delpy conditions unbearable actresses I would assume that there is a greater amount of joy for you in being able to write and help produce your own stuff and make a decent living, but not get rich versus always doing the other stuff that you don’t write, and make more money. Julie Delpy able writing joy I don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and there's nothing fancy about it. Julie Delpy holiday hate rain I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet. Julie Delpy instinct acting want Baby, you are gonna miss that plane. Julie Delpy sunset missing baby When you're an actress, you become this thing in people's hands that people are trying to manipulate. I cannot stand it. Julie Delpy trying hands people I'm dreaming about making movies for eight weeks, because it's a luxury. But time is money. That's the reality. Julie Delpy luxury dream reality 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 think some people, when they get a certain ego, they lose sense of whatever. Julie Delpy ego people thinking Our society is so much about fidelity being this thing that's sacred, and people are miserable. They're suicidal. It brings more depression than anything else on earth, probably. Sorry to say that, guys. Julie Delpy suicidal sorry people I think anyone who has had a fight and who's a very good observer of the situation and people's behavior is capable of writing a fight. But you do start thinking about writing during the fights that you have with your partner. Julie Delpy fighting writing thinking I put my films together in Europe and it kick-starts the financing when I'm attached as an actress. It makes it easier to move forward. Julie Delpy together europe moving A lot of new American directors have had mentors who have given them advice. And some of them have had the way paved for them by huge Hollywood directors who saw a younger version of themselves. Julie Delpy mentor advice directors I've had this opportunity to get some of my financing out of Europe, which has helped tremendously, so I'm not completely dependent on the studio system or on U.S. financing. Julie Delpy dependent opportunity europe The camera can move, you can make the shots, blah blah blah, but as long as the actors are good, you have something. Julie Delpy cameras long moving And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen. Julie Delpy actors important ends 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
