Writer Quotes by Peter Hedges

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.

— Peter Hedges

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

“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

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

Writing a really good screenplay is not easy. It can be a very punishing form.

— Peter Hedges

It's not easy to be a good or wise parent. You do the best you can.

— Peter Hedges

The kinds of movies I make are not easy to get made.

— Peter Hedges

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