53 Edward Zwick Quotes for You to Enjoy

Edward Zwick

American Director

Born: Oct 8, 1952

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Forgive me, but what is the purpose of drama but catharsis? Edward Zwick

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As we began to read more and more journals of men who had been in the Civil War and then been in the Indian Wars, we realized there was a whole universe of men whose souls had been shattered, whose lives had been utterly destroyed by what they had to do. Edward Zwick

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The most interesting thing to me in chess are not the gambits. Or the moves. It's the mental toughness. Edward Zwick

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I think it's too easy often to find a villain out of the headlines and to then repeat that villainy again and again and again. You know, traditionally, America has always looked to scapegoat someone as the boogie man. Edward Zwick

You Man Think Too Out Easy Find Scapegoat Someone Headlines Know Looked Always Repeat America Often Again Then Villain

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile. Edward Zwick

There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed. Edward Zwick

Myth National Has-Been Segment Excluded Been American Should Population

To me this movie is about what is valuable. To one person it might be a stone; to someone else, a story in a magazine; to another, it is a child. The juxtaposition of one man obsessed with finding a valuable diamond with another man risking his life to find his son is the beating heart of this film. Edward Zwick

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I, for one, suffer from a little bit of superhero fatigue. Edward Zwick

Fatigue Bit Superhero Little Little Bit Suffer

I met a lot of women in the military with Meg Ryan, and they were remarkably impressive: Competent and strong and not versions of men, but versions of women. And they had stories to tell about how difficult it had been for them. Edward Zwick

Women Strong Men Met Military Difficult Tell About Remarkably Had How Were Been Lot Versions Impressive Stories Them Competent

The issue of assault in the military is something that they've gone to great lengths to try to deal with - and have not entirely dealt with yet. Edward Zwick

Great Try Gone Military Entirely Something Deal Dealt Issue Assault

When I first thought about the military - and this goes all the way back to 'Glory' - I learned really quickly that it isn't a monolith. It is really an institution made up of some people with very different personalities and people of different backgrounds. Edward Zwick

People Thought Made Some People First Military Back Way Backgrounds Some About Institution Learned Glory Up Very Quickly Goes Different Different Backgrounds Personalities Really Different Personalities

Every day and every scene, it's never the scene that you expect. Edward Zwick

Day You Every Day Every Scene Never Expect

If you don't know each other you spend time doing research together, having dinner, and talking about your lives. You try to find common ground. Once you're shooting, the pressures are so intense; you really want to have a channel of communication open to you already. Edward Zwick

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I watched aspirationally. I looked at movies that maybe I didn't entirely understand but which developed in me some thirst for their subjects or for their context, and that became part of how I came to understand the world. Edward Zwick

Me World Some Entirely Developed Part Looked Became Understand How Context Came Subjects Maybe Which Movies Watched Thirst

When 'The Godfather' comes on, any time of the day or night, I'm lost because I'm incapable of turning it off. Edward Zwick

Time Day Lost Because Off Godfather Any Turning Incapable Night

I've always believed that the stories and the performances are more important than I am. I think that the more invisible that my hand is, the more attention people can pay to the story and to those performances. Edward Zwick

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I think that I am interested in the resonance between character drama and high stakes, either situational or political or social or other kind of elevated drama, and I tend to find that those things combust. Edward Zwick

I'm always interested in the ways in which a character can inhabit either a theme or a premise personally, so that those scenes that are about his character or his relationship with other characters feel in context and don't seem to be apart from or oddly vestigial to the actual drama. Edward Zwick

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When we did 'Thirtysomething,' television was either about doctors, lawyers, or cops. Edward Zwick

Doctors Television About Lawyers Did Either Cops

If a director is really a director, I think he's interested in more than one thing. Edward Zwick

Director Think One Thing More He Than Interested Really Thing

I might have painted myself into a bit of a corner doing all these big, serious David Lean-esque movies. Edward Zwick

Myself Big Corner Bit David Doing Movies Might Painted Serious

I know that when I'm writing, I always want to be directing. Edward Zwick

Writing Directing Know Always Want

If you take away scale, the nature of the story changes. I made a joke the other day: if I were to try to make 'Glory' now, rather than be about a regiment, it would be about a platoon. It would be seven men in the woods rather than all the men on the beach. Edward Zwick

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I've always been drawn to all sorts of genres and all sorts of voices. Edward Zwick

Drawn Voices Genres Sort Always Been

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