Edward Zwick Quotes

United States, Director
October 8, 1952

Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker, director and Academy Award-winning film and television producer. He has worked primarily in the comedy-drama and epic historical film genres, including About Last Night, Glory, Legends of the Fall, and The Last Samurai.

Romantic comedy has come to mean a couple of moderately talented actors placed in implausible situations obliged to go through a set of paces that are all too familiar, the end result being neither romantic nor comedic.

Edward Zwick
- Comedy
- Couple
- Romantic
If a director is really a director, I think he's interested in more than one thing.

Edward Zwick

If I try to think objectively about myself and my work, I would say I want to be intuitive and distinctive.

Edward Zwick
- Work
'Milk' doesn't imply that all gay men who stayed in the closet were cowards.

Edward Zwick
- Men
- Gay
My job is to tell the truth about what's happening as best I can.

Edward Zwick
- Job
- Truth
Anorexia is pernicious and not something which goes away overnight.

Edward Zwick
There's a rising tide of concern among activists, economists, and artists about Africa. Theres a temptation to think of it as a monolith as opposed to all these different countries with different problems.

Edward Zwick
- Different
- Temptation
I like to do everything I can to avoid rehearsals, even while we're rehearsing.

Edward Zwick

There's a great tradition of actors taking on parts of much less obvious sympathy.

Edward Zwick
- Great
- Sympathy
When we did 'Thirtysomething,' television was either about doctors, lawyers, or cops.

Edward Zwick
Stories are one of the means by which a culture preserves its identity.

Edward Zwick
- Culture
- Identity