Author: Edward Burns

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When I was 25 years old and had no money - and didn't know how to make movies and had no experience - I was able to get $25,000 together, and that film was 'The Brothers McMullen.'

When I was 25 years old and had no money - and didn't know how to make movies and had no experience - I was able to get $25,000 together, and that film was 'The Brothers McMullen.'

- Edward Burns

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.

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.

- Edward Burns

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.

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.

- Edward Burns

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

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

- Edward Burns

Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.

Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.

- Edward Burns

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.

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

Actors are con men and con men are actors.

Actors are con men and con men are actors.

- Edward Burns

You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.

You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.

- Edward Burns

So you got the cool New Yorkers, and then there are the less-than-cool New Yorkers.

So you got the cool New Yorkers, and then there are the less-than-cool New Yorkers.

- Edward Burns

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