Edward Burns

It's an enormous wall that's built between you and your dreams. And if every day, you just chip away... It may take ten years, but eventually you just might see some light. ↗

— Edward Burns

#screenwriting #dreams

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

— Edward Burns

#distribution #now #picked #theatrical #up

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

— Edward Burns

#cool #cool thing #different #different personalities #different styles

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

#been #business #i #longer #lot

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

#am #big #big fan #comedy #different

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

— Edward Burns

#else #feel #films #forgotten #group

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

#become #certain #certain point #find #influence

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

#check #good #guilt #happy #i

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

— Edward Burns

#fell #film #film school #i #into

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

#course #days #did #feel #fun