Maudlin scenes where people pour their heart out to one another? I don't want to see it. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
So, yes, I wrote a script called 'Ben Is Back' that I got to make with a bunch of remarkable artists and… — Peter Hedges Art Copy Share Image
If there's a photo of a roomful of kids I'm the one with the biggest smile or my hand over my face. — Peter Hedges Children Copy Share Image
Something happened to me when I wrote female characters in my early plays; it was a real liberation. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
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,… — Peter Hedges Dark Copy Share Image
I make sure when I direct that it's a very joy-based set that hopefully is filled with a lot of respect. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I've wanted to direct for a long time, but it had to be a story I wanted to tell. The writer's job… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
“He sees me through the glass. We both nod like we give a small shit about each other.” — Peter Hedges Acquaintances Copy Share Image
When I did 'Gilbert Grape,' Lasse Hallstrom let me be on the set with him and in the editing room and in… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
There are so many films I lean on and look toward and return to that give me some guidance on how to… — 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
When you have an intimate encounter with mortality as my family and I did with my mom's death, I took a long… — Peter Hedges Cinema 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 Funeral Copy Share Image
I can go years without going to Los Angeles, but I think my living in Brooklyn is critical to my continuing to… — Peter Hedges Brooklyn Copy Share Image
“I'm told women scream when they give birth because of the intense pain. And I think about how easily life can just… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
In a cement park across the street is this giant sculpture. It is a giant umbrella frame lying on its side. It's… — Peter Hedges Art Copy Share Image
I can't stop terrorism; I can't cure cancer. But I can put some stories out there in their own quiet way that… — Peter Hedges Cancer Copy Share Image
I learned early on that there are all sorts of stories I have no place telling. — Peter Hedges Stories Copy Share Image
A novel is challenging, because you have more story than you need and you have to select and narrow. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I've always had an acute sense of mortality, maybe because my father's a minister. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
So much of writing is about what characters don't say, and in the early drafts, sometimes things get overwritten. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
The most autobiographical thing I've ever written is my second novel, called 'An Ocean in Iowa.' That is pretty close to my… — Peter Hedges Autobiographical Copy Share Image
You could cast nearly any movie in Brooklyn, and now you can film in Brooklyn - for you have studios. — Peter Hedges Brooklyn Copy Share Image
I play this game with my son called Never Seen. We try to see new things every day, and we do. I… — Peter Hedges Day Copy Share Image
I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can… — Peter Hedges Actors Copy Share Image
I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I've read both books that 'Beautiful Boy' is based on, and I can't wait to see that film. I root for that… — Peter Hedges Beautiful 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
The job in every re-write is to make it harder for your characters to get the thing that they need. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Family is paramount to me in my life, and my own comes first above everything, and that's something universal that people can… — 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 think the best dramas are as funny as possible and the best comedies have, underneath them, real substance. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
“You can tell the idyllic nature of a family by the upkeep of its picnic table. Ours is its own indictment. We… — Peter Hedges Family Copy Share Image
The Orpheus myth is my favorite myth, and the prodigal son is my favorite parable. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Over the course of my creative life, I've trafficked in broken, heroic mothers. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm a religious person, but I am definitely inclined toward asking the big questions. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Lucas is living the life that I wanted, but I want to be clear, I don't feel there's been any pressure for… — 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… — Peter Hedges Hero Copy Share Image
One of the great kicks of having a movie made is that you envision this world. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
“No 'buts', Gilbert. You just make sense to me. It's nothing more special than that.” — Peter Hedges Gilbert Copy Share Image
