This Applies To Many Film Jobs, Not

The Conversation' Was The First Film I Edited On A Flatbed Machine - A Kem Editing Machine. I've Been Using Final Cut Or The Avid For 12 Years Now, So I Was Interested In Looking At This Film And Seeing If I Could Tell If It Had Been Edited The Old Way.

As I've Gone Through Life, I've Found That Your Chances For Happiness Are Increased If You Wind Up Doing Something That Is A Reflection Of What You Loved Most When You Were Somewhere Between Nine And Eleven Years Old. [...] At That Age, You Know Enough Of The World To Have Opinions About Things, But You're Not Old Enough Yet To Be Overly Influenced By The Crowd Or By What Other People Are Doing Or What You Think You 'should' Be Doing. If What You Do Later On Ties Into That Reservoir In Some Way, Then You Are Nurturing Some Essential Part Of Yourself.

The Notion Of Directing A Film Is The Invention Of Critics - The Whole Eloquence Of Cinema Is Achieved In The Editing Room.

Most Of Us Are Searching-consciously Or Unconsciously- For A Degree Of Internal Balance And Harmony Between Ourselves And The Outside World, And If We Happen To Become Aware-like Stravinsky- Of A Volcano Within Us, We Will Compensate By Urging Restraint. By That Same Token, Someone Who Bore A Glacier Within Them Might Urge Passionate Abandon. The Danger Is, As Bergman Points Out, That A Glacial Personality In Need Of Passionate Abandon May Read Stravinsky And Apply Restraint Instead.

This Applies To Many Film Jobs, Not Just Editing: Half The Job Is Doing The Job, And The Other Half Is Finding Ways To Get Along With People And Tuning Yourself In To The Delicacy Of The Situation.