Edward Burns Quotations

Spielberg gave us three takes before saying anything to us. Since then, I do that, three takes, to let the actors find their rhythm.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

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