Raw Meat is a quoteblog by Aaron Swartz.

I’ve seen directors do as many as sixty takes of a shot. Now, any director who’s watched dailies knows that after the third or fourth take he can’t remember the first; and on the set, when shooting the tenth take, you can’t remember the purpose of the scene. And after shooting the twelfth, you can’t remember why you were born. Why[?] Because they don’t know what they want to take a picture of. And they’re frightened. If you don’t know what you want, how do you know when you’re done? If you know what you want, shoot it and sit down.