It Felt Scary Because There

I Was Seeing A Lot Of Really Good Things About Get Shorty When It Came Out, And My Wife Pointed Out That If You Validate The Good Reviews, You Also Have To Validate The Bad Reviews.

I'm Not The One Or Two Take Guy, But I'm Not The 20, 30, 50, 70 Take Guy Either. If I Do A Bunch Of Takes, Like More Than Five Or Six, It's Usually For Some Technical Reasons.

When You're Done Shooting, The Movie That You're Going To Release When You're Done Shooting Is As Bad As It Will Ever Be. And Then Through Editing, And Finishing The Effects And Adding Music, You Get To Make The Movie Better Again. So I'm Really Hard On Myself And On The Movie.

It Felt Scary Because There Was No Auditioning, No Rehearsing.

The First Cut I Do Is Usually Between Five And 10 Minutes Shorter Then The Cut That We Release. Anything I Think Isn't Working Or Might Not Work, I Don't Even Put It In The Director's Cut. And Usually It's The Studio Suggesting I Put Stuff Back In, As Opposed To Studios Saying, "you Got To Lose 40 Minutes," They Are Always Saying, "you've Got To Gain Five Minutes."