Author: Thelma Schoonmaker

Quotes

That's the great thing about filmmaking: Things happen you don't know are going to happen at the end.

That's the great thing about filmmaking: Things happen you don't know are going to happen at the end.

- Thelma Schoonmaker

I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing.

I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing.

- Thelma Schoonmaker

I was just stunned when I came to America. I didn't know anything about rock music or football, and I felt very out of it... America was like a foreign country to me at first.

I was just stunned when I came to America. I didn't know anything about rock music or football, and I felt very out of it... America was like a foreign country to me at first.

- Thelma Schoonmaker

My family goes way back in New York. So I am a New Yorker; I feel like a New Yorker. It's in my bones.

My family goes way back in New York. So I am a New Yorker; I feel like a New Yorker. It's in my bones.

- Thelma Schoonmaker

It's wonderful to work on footage by someone who understands how to get it to cut right, which a lot of directors don't.

It's wonderful to work on footage by someone who understands how to get it to cut right, which a lot of directors don't.

- Thelma Schoonmaker

Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.

Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.

- Thelma Schoonmaker

As you can imagine, between Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese, I've had quite a rich life!

As you can imagine, between Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese, I've had quite a rich life!

- Thelma Schoonmaker

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