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The phone that you carry around with you. It's not just that it's a locator for anybody who wants to actually find out where you are, but it's also a leash. It's a reminder just how tethered you are.

~Edward Zwick

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I think there is a very powerful wish that we all have of being self-contained and having sort of opted out or choosing to remove ourselves from society and to have no ties and no obligations, and even no possessions. To be free in a particular way.

~Edward Zwick

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I think every culture - you can call it an American Ronin, a medieval knight errant, you could talk about 'Shane.' There is an archetype that I think is actually common to a lot of cultures, and even the Clint Eastwood stuff was probably as influenced by the Japanese stuff, and yet done by an Italian.

~Edward Zwick

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The Mitch Rapp novels are as thrilling and entertaining as they are relevant. I am delighted to be given the opportunity to translate them to the screen.

~Edward Zwick

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Often, romantic comedies exist in a vacuum, and it's kind of odd.

~Edward Zwick

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We've suspended the willing suspension of disbelief. We have given up that relationship, that almost hypnotic engagement, with the characters up on the screen.

~Edward Zwick

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There's a great tradition of actors taking on parts of much less obvious sympathy.

~Edward Zwick

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People tend not to dwell on drama.

~Edward Zwick

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In my experience, the men of World War II, the vets of Vietnam, even guys coming back from Iraq, are loath to talk about their experiences. And the survivors of the Holocaust, particularly, are often very close-mouthed about their stories, even to their own children.

~Edward Zwick

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The promise of an action movie to a certain audience is not a bad thing.

~Edward Zwick

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: October 8th, 1952

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