Edward Zwick
Edward Zwick
Edward M. Zwickis an American filmmaker and Academy Award-winning film producer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth8 October 1952
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Edward Zwick quotes about
population should myth
There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed.
country children acquisition
I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country.
life years ideas
Samurai culture did exist really, for hundreds of years and the notion of people trying to create some sort of a moral code, the idea that there existed certain behaviors that could be celebrated and that could be operative in a life.
thinking together working-together
I don't think it's a prize when actors and directors or writers and actors work together more than once. You have a trust and a shorthand and a lot of times you even reach the point, where in the process, you don't even have to talk.
mean dark serious
I maintain that no movie can be funny enough. I mean even the most serious, even the most intense movie and I know enough about life to know in those dark moments inevitably someone will say something funny and I will be part of the whole experience.
opportunity thinking privilege
I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.
movie thinking people
I don't think movies can ever be too intense, but people have to understand why you're showing them the things you are showing them.
ideas people giving
You do these movies, you give it out to the world and you really have no idea how people are going to react to you.
men thinking america
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.
giving political messages
It's always great to do a movie that you find is entertaining, but also can give some sort of political or social message.
philosophical crafts may
However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about narrative. And it's about telling stories that are engaging and dramatic.
ideas space choices
And how deeply do I let business considerations affect [screenwriting] choices that might otherwise be more or less esthetic? . . . Do I choose the upbeat rather than the downer ending because I know it will score better at the preview? Can the idea be sold in a single sentence? Can it compete with space aliens and tornadoes and missions impossible?
country time oil
It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results is a tragedy for the country in which they are found. Making matters worse, the resulting riches from these resources rarely benefit the people of the country from which they come.
men careers roles
I never thought about that ever throughout the entire course of my career about choosing a specific role because it would make me seem more man-like.