What Comes First? The Melody, Always. It's All About Singing The Melodies Live In My Head. They Go In Circles. I Guess I'm Quite Conservative And Romantic About The Power Of Melodies. I Try Not To Record Them On My Dictaphone When I First Hear Them. If I Forget All About It And It Pops Up Later On, Then I Know It's Good Enough. I Let My Subconscious Do The Editing For Me.
Lickspittle, N. A Useful Functionary, Not Infrequently Found Editing A Newspaper . . . The Lickspittle Is Only The Blackmailer Under Another Aspect, Although The Latter Is Frequently Found As An Independent Species.
As A Loyal Believer In The Auteur Theory I First Felt Editing Was But The Logical Consequence Of The Way In Which One Shoots. But, What I Learned Is That It Is Actually Another Writing.
Maybe Writing Can't Be Taught, But Editing Can Be Taught—prayer, Fasting And Self-mutilation.
For An Actor Working In Television Or Film, I Think It's Important To Understand How The Medium Works - How The Camera And Lenses Work And How The Sound And The Editing Works.
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.
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.
There Are Editing Procedures For Talks Just As There Are Editing Procedures In Jazz Improvisation.
Sometimes When You're Editing A Movie, You Have The Thing That You Don't Expect - Which Is You Make It Longer And Longer As You Go Along.
