Quotes by Edward Burns

About Edward Burns:

Edward Fitzgerald Burns is an American actor, film producer, writer, and director best known for appearing in several films including Saving Private Ryan (1998) and One Missed Call (2008). Burns directed movies such as The Brothers McMullen (1995), She's the One (1996) and Sidewalks of New York (2001).
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I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.

Edward Burns

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

Edward Burns

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.

Edward Burns

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

Edward Burns

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

Edward Burns

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.

Edward Burns

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.

Edward Burns

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

Edward Burns

It's so hard to raise money for independent films and the fact of the matter is that the bigger my star or whatever is, as a result of doing bigger pictures, the easier it is for me to get money for my own projects.

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.

Edward Burns

Actors are con men and con men are actors.

Edward Burns

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

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

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.

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 ...

Edward Burns

Author Bio

  • NameEdward Burns
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and director
  • BornJanuary 29, 1968
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Screenwriter; Film Producer; Film Actor; Film Director; Author