Ed Burns

Actors are con men and con men are actors. 

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. 

'Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now. 

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist. 

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. 

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. 

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them. 

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

I spent four months in Prague in these blue rooms reacting to nothing and you basically place your faith in the hands of the director and the special effects co-coordinator and you keep your fingers crossed and hope that the creatures look really scary. 

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt.

I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting. 

I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy. 

I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche. 

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.