Some of .... no, make that much! ... of the editing process is so freaking tedious. Listening through every bit of interviews even in my small projects to get a feel, then select out likely bits then order them, trim, reorder ...
I can spend hours playing with color. Thirty minutes listening to interviews is FREAKING FOR FLIPPING EVER.
Setting my computer to make proxies, t-codes, renders while I do something else is relatively painless for me.
At Adobe MAX, I talked with a gal who LOVES her job at a house doing interview based documentaries. Loves listening watching people talk, and figuring out a good story to make of it all.
To each their own I'm sure ... lol