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.

He was raised in Valley Stream New York on Long Island. With the modest success of Purple Violets Burns was considering taking a studio directing assignment to make money. and have a blast".

This article is about the actor-director born in 1968; for other people with the same name see Edward Burns (disambiguation). Burns made his directorial debut with movies such as The Brothers McMullen (1995) She's the One (1996) and Sidewalks of New York (2001). Edward Fitzgerald Burns (born January 29 1968) is an American actor film producer writer and director best known for appearing in several films like Saving Private Ryan (1998) and One Missed Call (2008).