Edward Burns quotes

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)

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

Edward Burns

Actors are con men and con men are actors.

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

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

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

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

Edward Burns

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

Edward Burns

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

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

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)

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

Edward Burns

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

Edward Burns

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

Edward Burns

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

Edward Burns

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

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

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

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

Edward Burns

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

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)

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

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