Re-Shoots Quotes

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.

In TV, you usually don't get a chance to fix anything. It's always easier to cancel something than fix it.

A lot can change in the editing room.

Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied.

Most of the films I've done were ruined in the postproduction, not during filming.

Movie-wise, there is nothing I wouldn't do again. It's not possible to make one perfect movie every time.

The nice thing about the theatre is you can always change it. With a movie, once it's there, you're stuck with it.

I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie, and that takes a long time.

When you are shooting in a conventional way, you put nets around yourself. It's very hard to fall and hit the ground. You can always manipulate things to make it not embarrassing. If the scene is a little bit bad, you can polish it or even take it out. You can hide your mistakes.

I believe really deeply in the pilot process because you learn things about tone and casting. Even some of our best shows have had substantial re-shoots and reworking before they've gone on the air.

When you make an animated film, you make it over and over and over. We almost do ten versions of the film.

It's a terrifying feeling when you have to do multiple takes of a tricky scene because the focus puller cant keep a sharp image.