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Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker, director and Academy Award-winning film and television producer. He has worked primarily in the comedy-drama and epic historical film genres, including About Last Night, Glory, Legends of the Fall, and The Last Samurai.

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I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.

Inspiring, Movie, Opportunity, Remain, Student, Think

There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed.

Excluded, Myth, Population, Redressed, Should

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 again. You know, traditionally, America has always looked to scapegoat someone as the boogie man.

America, Headlines, Man, Men, Thinking, Villainy

I never thought about that ever throughout the entire course of my career about choosing a specific role because it would make me seem more man-like.

Careers, Choosing, Make, Men, Roles, Thought

I don't think movies can ever be too intense, but people have to understand why you're showing them the things you are showing them.

Movie, People, Showing, Thinking, Understand

I maintain that no movie can be funny enough. I mean even the most serious, even the most intense movie and I know enough about life to know in those dark moments inevitably someone will say something funny and I will be part of the whole experience.

Dark, Funny, Mean, Say, Serious, Whole

It's always great to do a movie that you find is entertaining, but also can give some sort of political or social message.

Give, Giving, Messages, Political, Social

There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other.

Challenges, Engaging, Fact, Fuel, Mutually, Stories

To me this movie is about what is valuable. To one person it might be a stone; to someone else, a story in a magazine; to another, it is a child. The juxtaposition of one man obsessed with finding a valuable diamond with another man risking his life to find his son is the beating heart of this film.

Children, Heart, Son, Valuable

I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country.

Children, Country, Debasement, Destruction, Sapphires

And how deeply do I let business considerations affect [screenwriting] choices that might otherwise be more or less esthetic?. . . Do I choose the upbeat rather than the downer ending because I know it will score better at the preview? Can the idea be sold in a single sentence? Can it compete with space aliens and tornadoes and missions impossible?

Choices, Choose, Ideas, Screenwriting, Sentence, Space

It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results is a tragedy for the country in which they are found. Making matters worse, the resulting riches from these resources rarely benefit the people of the country from which they come.

Country, Diamonds, Oil, Resource, Rubber, Time

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 a shorthand and a lot of times you even reach the point, where in the process, you don't even have to talk.

Directors, Point, Thinking, Trust, Working Together

I've been in plenty of situations where I thought the film would turn out one way or my performance would be looked at one way and it was an entirely different situation.

Different, Plenty, Situations, Way, Would Be

What I was really overwhelmed with by Africa was its tremendous natural beauty; I got to go to some pretty amazing places. Every other weekend we got a day or two off and go on a safari or the natural wonders of Africa and if anyone gets the opportunity to go there, it's something you have to do in your lifetime.

Day, Opportunity, Overwhelmed, Tremendous, Two, Weekend

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile.

Catharsis, Experience, Movie, Thinking, Worthwhile