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You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.
Edward Burns -
Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.
Edward Burns
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Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.
Edward Burns -
'Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.
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 -
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.
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 -
Well, for one thing, you know my dad was a cop.
Edward Burns
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So you got the cool New Yorkers, and then there are the less-than-cool New Yorkers.
Edward Burns -
It wasn't a bug that he stepped on, it was evolution.
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 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 feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about 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
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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 -
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 -
The stigma of the straight-to-DVD thing is over.
Edward Burns