>> What I love about it is, being a story teller.
I just really, I sort of came to it late, I did my senior year, and knew,
I knew, I wanted to be a film editor.
And, went to California, with the idea of doing that.
But, I wasn't someone, who, as a kid, you know,
was making films in my garage when I was eight years old.
I sort of discovered, that I loved it later, you know, when I was at the end of college.
And, being able to sort of, being able to entertain people
by telling great stories, is really a fun thing to do.
And, the actual.
It's like sculpting, or writing, without, you know, by using pictures.
And, it's just, I don't know, I find it really, really fun.
It's really.
And, I get to learn about all these different subjects when I work on a movie.
Like Argon, learn about this secret CIA thing that happened, that no one knew about.
Or, I did Zero Dark Thirty, and I got to learn about how to hunt for Bin Laden,
or Ali, and I learned about boxing.
You know, so every time I do a movie, I like doing true things, based on true stories.
I get all this knowledge.
It's like going to school all over again.
So, I get that added benefit.
My biggest challenge.
Well, there's a lot of challenges.
But, there's a lot of people, there's a lot of money at stake and there's of high power people,
and I'm making them all feel heard, making sure that everybody gets to feel like,
their contribution is being appreciated.
Their voice is being heard.
But, at the same time, you're responsible to make the best movie possible.
Because, sometimes that's not exactly--
where they may have an opinion that I don't agree with.
But, it's bringing all the people together.
And, part of your job is to be, as an editor, is to be, a really, a politician or a psychologist,
trying to make sure everybody feels comfortable with the final movie.
And, in terms of the creator level, you're taking this, you know, on new movies like,
Zero Dark Thirty, 350 hours of dailies, of footage.
And, whittling it down to 2 and a half, about a two and a half hour movie.
And, the feeling of, did I make sure that, that I get the best parts of it in.
Did I leave anything out?
It's a constant challenge to make sure that I have done the very best cut job I can do.