Maudlin scenes where people pour their heart out to one another? I don't want to see it. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I never try to think I have the answer to what people should do or not do. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I'm interested in stories that help me, people navigate in this broken world. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Black people are more likely to be incarcerated than white people. That's just a fact and it's regrettable and it's got to… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I completely hold on to the idea that people are eager if not desperate to be told a good story. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I grew up going to funerals and visiting people in nursing homes. I'm not as afraid of dealing with the dying as… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I want to make accessible movies for bright people, but I don't want to play games and be coy. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I would hope that people might view their fellow beings, all beings, with more empathy, more compassion, with a desire to understand.… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
People are usually pretty hungry after a funeral. I guess it's because we all realize that time is running out and we… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I'm looking, often, towards younger people, listening to how they're working, at least they're trying, and some of the old greats, too.… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
GOOD AS NEW was born out of the idea of writing a play where the stakes were high and the collisions were… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
There was a part of me that wanted to take my place next to, you know, Debra Granik. She's such a hero for me. — Peter Hedges Copy Share
Ultimately what I try to do is work on stories I love with people I admire, and sometimes they get made and sometimes they… — Peter Hedges Copy Share
I want to make a series of films of contemporary America that feel urgent and deal with sometimes-topical matters, but hopefully in a universal… — Peter Hedges Copy Share
Let the story lead you. If the story needs to be dark, let it go dark. If it's a sweet, good-for-the-world story, that's what… — Peter Hedges Copy Share
GOOD AS NEW was born out of the idea of writing a play where the stakes were high and the collisions were of a… — Peter Hedges Copy Share
There are sections of the film that I don't love. There are moments that really lift and elevate, and then there are parts that… — Peter Hedges Copy Share
I'm looking, often, towards younger people, listening to how they're working, at least they're trying, and some of the old greats, too. Just to… — Peter Hedges Copy Share
I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world. — Peter Hedges Copy Share
I once heard a story, it's probably apocryphal, but I love the notion. That a car had flipped over and the baby was trapped… — Peter Hedges Copy Share
“A man who works all day, every day and loves each apple he uncrates, who cherishes each can of soup - a man like… — Peter Hedges Copy Share
Everything good in my life can be traced back to my mother's sobriety. She showed me that broken people can - with the help… — Peter Hedges Copy Share
Writing a really good screenplay is not easy. It can be a very punishing form. — Peter Hedges Copy Share
When I was a young lad just out of college at the North Carolina School of the Arts, I directed several plays that I… — Peter Hedges Copy Share
