Edward Burns famous quotes

04-17-2025

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

#Advice #Filmmaker #Supermodel
Actors are con men and con men are actors.
-- Edward Burns

#Men #Actors
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.
-- Edward Burns

#Iphone #Talking #Years
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

#Stars #Independent #Matter
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.
-- Edward Burns

#Independent #Actors #Shooting
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

#Art #Home #Thinking
Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.
-- Edward Burns

#Tough #Made #Honestly
Spielberg gave us three takes before saying anything to us. Since then, I do that, three takes, to let the actors find their rhythm.
-- Edward Burns

#Three #Actors #Rhythm
The stigma of the straight-to-DVD thing is over.
-- Edward Burns

#Dvds #Stigma
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

#Directors #Actors #Way
Well, for one thing, you know my dad was a cop.
-- Edward Burns

#Dad #Cop #My Dad
Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.
-- Edward Burns

#Years #Seven #Woody
I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche.
-- Edward Burns

#Niche #Audience
There has been a great proliferation of lawyers in the pat 20 years, just as there has been a proliferation of computers. But unlike computers, lawyers do not get twice as intelligent and half as expensive every two years.
-- Edward Burns

#Intelligent #Years #Two
I mean the cool thing about the movies is that you get to try on these different personalities and different styles.
-- Edward Burns

#Mean #Personality #Style
I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.
-- Edward Burns

#School #Kids #Acting
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

#Dream #Wall #Light
I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that â€˜do what makes you happyâ€™ thing in check.
-- Edward Burns

#Reality #Catholic #Suffering
Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.
-- Edward Burns

#Brother #Distribution #Theatrical
I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.
-- Edward Burns

#Groups #Minorities #Film
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

#Artist #Voice #Want
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

#Fans #Different #Hawks
I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.
-- Edward Burns

#Years #Guy #Television
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

#Stars #War #Taken
You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.
-- Edward Burns

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