You've worked with such highly acclaimed directors as the Coen Bothers and Milos Forman, you've helped out successful actors who've attempted to direct features, and then turned around and edited some successful television series. But I've been extremely lucky in that I've done jobs that have led to other jobs and, along the way, have met people who have hired me somewhere down the line. It's been one fantastic ride after the next. For instance, I had just interviewed with Al Pacino to do his film Chinese Coffee when I got a call to cut this TV pilot called Sex and the City . I hadn't heard back from Al Pacino, and the Sex and the City people wanted to hire me, so I took that job.
People say there's a difference between editing TV and editing movies.
I haven't necessarily found that to be the case. TV's played more in close-ups, and features are played more in wider shots, because the images are much bigger on the screen. But I deal with the material on an individual basis. It depends on the people you're working with. You establish a rapport and get in sync with that person.