I'm always looking for films, but the horror scripts that I get tend to be very repetitive and often not that interesting.
Joe DanteI think that anybody that wants to direct, particularly writers, should spend some time in an editing room, whether it's a film of theirs or someone else's, or shoot their own picture on video and cut it.
Joe DanteOne of the things I've always tried to do is to inject myself as much as possible into the movie, so I feel like it's mine.
Joe DanteMovies get found in the editing room. The movie that you make is not always necessarily the movie that comes out of the editing room. The trick is to perfect the movie that you have and make it the best version of what you've shot, regardless of what the intent may have been.
Joe Dante