“I think it's too easy often to find a villain out of the headlines and...” — Edward Zwick Quote

“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... there is a tradition in the most simplistic of action movies for there to be some horrible villain.”

“Anorexia is pernicious and not something which goes away overnight.”

“In my office, we were talking about the fact that they'd announced a remake of 'A Star is Born,' and I was bemoaning the idea of a fourth remake. And the young guys who work in my office were giving me blank looks, like, 'What's 'A Star is Born?'”

“I was a scared kid... I think I was born a nervous wreck, and I think movies were one way to find a way transferring my own private horrors to everyone else's lives. It was less of an escape and more of an exorcism.”

“You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin.”

“I've been offered starring roles in horrible movies, but I just didn't want to do it. I don't see why you would.”