Hello your plant is very bushy but I dont think you will want to remove any of the leaves unless there dead. Because the plant is going to use them as a soure of food and also use the fan leaves for sugar production (for buds) during flowering. You might want to take some yarn and gently open the plant up some that way the deeper parts of the plant recieve more light. Also what size/type of light do you use? Your plant looks bushy but short, how tall is it? That will factor into how far the light will penetrate the plants canopy.