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When I first thought about the military - and this goes all the way back to 'Glory' - I learned really quickly that it isn't a monolith. It is really an institution made up of some people with very different personalities and people of different backgrounds.

~Edward Zwick

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In the necessary memorialisation of the six million dead, there had been precious little attention paid to those who survived and how they survived.

~Edward Zwick

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The funny thing is, when you look at photos of Tuvia Bielski, he was fair, blue-eyed, and could pass for a Gentile.

~Edward Zwick

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One reason why in Hollywood we are so often inventing heroes is that real heroes are vexing.

~Edward Zwick

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In my experience of the men of action I have met - whether from the Second World War or Iraq or Vietnam - they often had to do things that they would rather not reflect upon afterwards. This is perhaps one reason why the story of the Bielskis remained untold for so long.

~Edward Zwick

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I like to do everything I can to avoid rehearsals, even while we're rehearsing.

~Edward Zwick

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Every day and every scene, it's never the scene that you expect.

~Edward Zwick

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Sometimes when an actor and director work together for the first time, it's not as if there's a suspicion, but there is tentativeness, a certain amount of a right of passage you have to go through in order to get there. When it's already there from the beginning, it's such a plus.

~Edward Zwick

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If you don't know each other you spend time doing research together, having dinner, and talking about your lives. You try to find common ground. Once you're shooting, the pressures are so intense; you really want to have a channel of communication open to you already.

~Edward Zwick

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Like everyone, I was a kid who played chess when I was young. And I am admittedly old enough to have been around during the fervor of the match in Reykjavik and the rise of Bobby Fischer, so those two things conspired to pique my interest.

~Edward Zwick

Topics: Admittedly Am Around Been Bobby Chess Enough Everyone Fervor Interest Kid Like Match Old Old Enough Played Rise Things Those Two Who Young I Am

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: October 8th, 1952

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