Edward Burns
Edward Burns
Edward Fitzgerald Burnsis an American actor, film producer, writer, and director best known for appearing in several films including Saving Private Ryan, 15 Minutes, Life or Something Like It, A Sound of Thunder, The Holiday, One Missed Call, 27 Dresses, Man on a Ledge, Friends with Kids, and Alex Cross. Burns directed movies such as The Brothers McMullen, She's the One, Sidewalks of New York, Purple Violets, and The Fitzgerald Family Christmas. He also starred as Bugsy Siegel in the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth29 January 1968
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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.
There has been a great proliferation of lawyers in the pat 20 years, just as there has been a proliferation of computers. But unlike computers, lawyers do not get twice as intelligent and half as expensive every two years.
I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche.
Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.
Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.
I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.
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.