LeSean McCoy Quotes

I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.

The film is made in the editing room.

When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.

Consistency is very important when you're making films.

Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything.

My father had a Super 8 camera when I was a kid and sometimes he would use it. I did some animation with it. I did a lot of flipbooks.

Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.

Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis Bergkamp was playing. He seemed to be able to read the game like a chessboard and knew where a player would be several seconds later and put the ball there for him.

The whole point of film for me is that it's such a joy. It's such a wonder. The possibilities are literally endless in terms of what you can creatively do.

I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way.

I fell in love with film and its potential. The idea of putting one image next to another image and creating meaning blew my mind.

I'm very interested in the editing process - in all aspects of film-making, really.

Making an authentic film about anything is difficult.

The route may, say, go across the field for 22 yards. I know I have to be there, but how I get there is where they allow me to be creative.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

I want the ball in my hands, throwing the ball, making decisions.

I think I can play both deep field and inside the box.

Oftentimes, you have to be able to throw it in order to run it.

In attack, I can play in every position.

That's what my game is built around: versatility.

There's no way I see myself as a director. Direction is far too creative.

I like to attack the spaces, move around a lot and make cuts.

I'm the third generation of my family in the film business, and I grew up with a deep passion for movies. I made my own Super 8 films when I was a kid and always loved the editing process.

My first job is to defend, but I know I have the quality to score.

My way into making movies - into making things is general - has been through performing.