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You can't act for the editing. You have to leave that to him. So you just go in and do the scene the way you think is right or whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.

As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I want you to do this this way, you know when he gets to the editing room he has a reason for it. It's like watching a masterpiece.

Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.

It's like you take these great actors and put them in an aquarium of life and just watch them swim. That's what makes editing tough because you get all these beautiful, unplanned moments.

In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.

You act in a movie, and at the end of the day, the director and editor decide what your performance is.

Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in 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.

You can't act alone. Use the props, the setting, the crew around you, and of course, your fellow actors.