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
'Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.
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
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
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
I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.
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
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
I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt.
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
I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.
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
I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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