Edward Burns Quotes

Actors are con men and con men are actors.
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

Work, Fun, Matter

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

Brothers, Theatrical, Picked

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

Find, Become, Artist

But the longer I'm in the business, you see a lot of times these screenplays have been rewritten 5 times and you're not really offending an author.
Edward Burns

Business, Times, Longer

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

Romantic, Different, Old

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

Else, Making, Group

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

Movies, Cool, Mean

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

Faith, Hope, Nothing

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

Good, Happy, Reality

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

School, Acting, Film

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

Guy, Interest, Television

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

Serve, Aware, Niche

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

Mind, Doubt, Two

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

Work, Yourself, Thinking

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

Money, Hard, Matter

Look: You're not gonna become a millionaire doing this, but that was never the point. And I think a lot of people in the indie film business kind of took their eye off of that.
Edward Burns

Business, Become, Off

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

Career, Thought, Few

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

Food, Days, Film

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

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

Movies, Made, Tough

So you got the cool New Yorkers, and then there are the less-than-cool New Yorkers.
Edward Burns

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

Saying, Find, Before

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

Advice, Marry, Filmmakers

The con movie is a little bit different where maybe we tell you what we're going to do but it never goes down the way you expect because there's so much double-crossing and cheats and lies going on along the whole way.
Edward Burns

Down, Different, Tell

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: January 29, 1968

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