There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a filmmaker, I want to entertain people first and foremost. If out of that comes a… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
And how deeply do I let business considerations affect [screenwriting] choices that might otherwise be more or less esthetic? . . . Do I… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
I maintain that no movie can be funny enough. I mean even the most serious, even the most intense movie and I know enough… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
I think it's too easy often to find a villain out of the headlines and to then repeat that villainy again and again and… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
To make a great movie is such a combination of different things that need to come into play to actually make a memorable film… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed. — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student. — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
I don't think it's a prize when actors and directors or writers and actors work together more than once. You have a trust and… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
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