A biography for Edward Burnshasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I'm betting that in two years I'll be talking to you about a film that I shot on an iPhone. It's absolutely coming, I have no doubt in my mind.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I mean the cool thing about the movies is that you get to try on these different personalities and different styles.”
“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.”
“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.”
“So you got the cool New Yorkers, and then there are the less-than-cool New Yorkers.”
“It is a juggling act and I have been in it for 12 years now, which is about 11 years longer than I thought I would be, and then the priority there is thinking how can I stay somewhat irrelevant so that you can continue to survive and can continue to work and put yourself in a position to get to do the work you are truly passionate about.”
“Actors are con men and con men are actors.”
“Look: You're not gonna become a millionaire doing this, but that was never the point. And I think a lot of people in the indie film business kind of took their eye off of that.”
“I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche.”
“'Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.”
“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.”
“People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered in a red envelope three months after it's released so why not watch it on my flat screen in the comfort of home.”
“You know, I've certainly gone through periods, once I got into this business, where I tried to adopt maybe a more sophisticated style, 'cause they give you all these free clothes.”
“That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.”
“Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.”
“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.”
“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.”