I want to make a series of films of contemporary America that feel urgent and deal with sometimes-topical matters, but hopefully in… — 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 try, in my films, to normalize things that maybe 20 or 30 years ago a film would have been about. 'Guess… — 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 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 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 don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
My older son works in finance and private equity, which he loves, and Lucas works in film and theater. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Well, because my films are really about how people interact with each other, and the complexity, and the nuance, and the surprise… — Peter Hedges 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
Pieces of April' was going to be a 3 to 7 million dollar film and we had three entities, two studios, and… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
The bigger the budget, the less an audience is trusted, and that's the difference between a big-budget film and a small-budget film. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I love films that take place over a short period of time, and I feel that those films are in our cinematic… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 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, that's what… — 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 of a… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
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 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. Just to… — Peter Hedges 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 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Writing a really good screenplay is not easy. It can be a very punishing form. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
