And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit.
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In Hollywood, they think they know it all. You, as a writer, are essentially an outsider. Novelists and short-story writers, especially.
I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.
Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.
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.
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.
Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.
Even though I studied in New York and I know the American system, I come from France where I learned that with movies in France where the director is king. There's no such thing as a studio edit. It's the director's cut, period.
Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.
Movies are an editor's medium.
The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.
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