Director’s Simple Solution
While John Ford was directing a film for Samuel Goldwyn, the shooting schedule fell one day behind. Goldwyn visited the set, pointed out this fact, and inquired what the director was going to do about it. “Sam, about how many script pages do you think I should shoot a day?” asked Ford. “About five,” was the rather uncertain response. Ford picked up the script and ripped out five pages. “Okay,” he said, now we’re back on schedule.”