I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes. – Steven Zaillian
The main thing that I learned from editing is that most people, when they’re making a film, they start too early into the story. They will try to set up the characters, they will try to establish things before the plot actually starts. – Steven Zaillian
The similarity between the big directors I’ve worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying ‘do it this way.’ They describe what they want, then letting the writer figure out a way to do it. – Steven Zaillian
People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles… it’s a small percentage. – Steven Zaillian
