Edward Burns Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Actors are con men and con men are actors.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.