Edward Burns Quotes

That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.

It's an enormous wall that's built between you and your dreams. And if every day, you just chip away... It may take ten years, but eventually you just might see some light.

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

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

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.

The stigma of the straight-to-DVD thing is over.

Well, for one thing, you know my dad was a cop.

Spielberg gave us three takes before saying anything to us. Since then, I do that, three takes, to let the actors find their rhythm.

Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.

I'm betting that in two years I'll be talking to you about a film that I shot on an iPhone. It's absolutely coming, I have no doubt in my mind.

I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.

Actors are con men and con men are actors.

I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

I mean the cool thing about the movies is that you get to try on these different personalities and different styles.

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.

Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.

The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never going to do as a director.

You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.

Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue to achieve one thing: keep the characters honest.

Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.

I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic.

I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche.

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

Today I found an old friend. –Ed Burns via Purple Violets