Edward Burns Quotes

• You know, I’ve certainly gone through periods, once I got into this business, where I tried to adopt maybe a more sophisticated style, ’cause they give you all these free clothes.

  Edward Burns

• When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there’s never any competitive vibe. It’s more about how do we do this thing together.

  Edward Burns

• When I was 25 years old and had no money – and didn’t know how to make movies and had no experience – I was able to get $25,000 together, and that film was ‘The Brothers McMullen.’

  Edward Burns

• Well, honestly, the films I personally like to go see are smaller, more character-driven pieces, so that’s why the movies I’ve made have been smaller, more character-driven movies.

  Edward Burns

• The con movie is a little bit different where maybe we tell you what we’re going to do but it never goes down the way you expect because there’s so much double-crossing and cheats and lies going on along the whole way.

  Edward Burns

• People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered in a red envelope three months after it’s released so why not watch it on my flat screen in the comfort of home.

  Edward Burns

• Newlyweds shooting budget: 5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can. We only shot 12 days. That’s how to make an independent film.

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• Maybe I should have taken a few chances. That’s not to say I want to go make ‘Star Wars,’ but I need to shift my career into the studio world. That’s where my head was at when I thought of the original plot.

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• Look: You’re not gonna become a millionaire doing this, but that was never the point. And I think a lot of people in the indie film business kind of took their eye off of that.

  Edward Burns

• It is a juggling act and I have been in it for 12 years now, which is about 11 years longer than I thought I would be, and then the priority there is thinking how can I stay somewhat irrelevant so that you can continue to survive and can continue to work and put yourself in a position to get to do the work you are truly passionate about.

  Edward Burns

• I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that ‘do what makes you happy’ thing in check.

  Edward Burns

• I spent four months in Prague in these blue rooms reacting to nothing and you basically place your faith in the hands of the director and the special effects co-coordinator and you keep your fingers crossed and hope that the creatures look really scary.

  Edward Burns

• I am a big fan of the old Howard Hawks films from the 30s and 40s, I was a big Hepburn and Tracey fan for a while and Woody Allen films that are a very different kind of romantic comedy.

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• But the longer I’m in the business, you see a lot of times these screenplays have been rewritten 5 times and you’re not really offending an author.

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• And at no point did making ‘Brothers McMullen’ feel like work or hardship. It was really just a matter of 11 days of fun over the course of 8 months.

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Birth:	29th January, 1968
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter

About

Edward Fitzgerald Burns was born in Woodside, Queens, New York. He is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director best known for appearing in several films including Saving Private Ryan and One Missed Call. He directed movies such as The Brothers McMullen, She's the One and Sidewalks of New York. He is also known for his acting work on movies such as Life or Something Like It, and Confidence. To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011, Burns wrote a movie, Newlyweds that he also directed and starred in.

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