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Edward Burns
American
Actor
Born:
Jan 29
,
1968
Actor
Been
Business
Film
Go
You
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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
Television
TV
TV Series
Guy
Never
Had
Over
Doing
Been
Years
Offered
Any
Interest
Series
When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there's never any competitive vibe. It's more about how do we do this thing together.
Edward Burns
Work
Love
You
Together
About
More
Never
How
Any
Vibe
Much
Thing
Competitive
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
You
Down
Way
Bit
Tell
Lies
Never
Con
Cheats
Along
Because
Expect
Goes
Going
Maybe
Where
Different
Movie
Little
Little Bit
Much
Whole
Actors are con men and con men are actors.
Edward Burns
Men
Con
Actor
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
Three
Before
Gave
Spielberg
Find
Takes
Since
Anything
Rhythm
Then
Us
Actor
Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.
Edward Burns
Money
Seven
Would
Allen
Make
Without
Makes
Go
Years
Movie
Woody
Woody Allen
Then
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
You
Become
Own
Relevant
Find
Voice
Point
Take
Artist
Influence
Want
Certain
Your
Certain Point
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
World
Thought
Few
Say
Plot
Studio
Taken
Head
Make
Go
Shift
Maybe
Where
Want
Should
Wars
Original
Star
Star Wars
Career
Need
Chances
That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.
Edward Burns
Advice
Marry
Indie
Supermodel
Filmmakers
Well, honestly, the films I personally like to go see are smaller, more character-driven pieces, so that's why the movies I've made have been smaller, more character-driven movies.
Edward Burns
Made
Films
Honestly
See
More
Smaller
Like
Pieces
Well
Go
Been
Movies
Personally
Why
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
Me
Money
Result
Matter
Whatever
Own
Films
Projects
Easier
Independent
Independent Films
My Own
Fact
Pictures
Doing
Get
Bigger
Hard
Star
Raise
Well, for one thing, you know my dad was a cop.
Edward Burns
You
One Thing
Know
Well
Dad
Cop
Thing
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
Independent
Independent Film
Only
Drink
Budget
Days
Make
Insurance
How
Shooting
Shot
Film
Actor
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
You
Happy
Reality
Guilt
Check
Makes
Suffer
Keeps
Thing
When I was 25 years old and had no money - and didn't know how to make movies and had no experience - I was able to get $25,000 together, and that film was 'The Brothers McMullen.'
Edward Burns
Together
Experience
Money
Old
No Experience
Able
Brothers
Had
Know
Make
How
Years
Get
Movies
Film
You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.
Edward Burns
Freedom
You
Make
Movie
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
Matter
Months
Brothers
No Point
Point
Feel
Over
Days
Like
Course
Making
Did
Just
Really
Fun
Hardship
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
Hope
Faith
You
Director
Nothing
Months
Spent
Scary
Crossed
Fingers
Look
Reacting
Prague
Effects
Hands
Blue
Place
Rooms
Really
Your
Special
Special Effects
Keep
Creatures
Four
Basically
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