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" There's a rising tide of concern among activists, economists, and artists about Africa. Theres a temptation to think of it as a monolith as opposed to all these different countries with different problems. "

Edward Zwick

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" When you're in a fight, and you get hit, it hurts. And as you get older, you begin to take on the aches and the bruises of doing that. "

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Edward Zwick

Movies

Something

" There is nothing that is so serious that you can't also see its comic side. Comedy is a way of talking about the most serious things. "

" I, for one, suffer from a little bit of superhero fatigue. "

" 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

Fair

Funny

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

" One resists categorization at one's peril. "

Edward Zwick

Peril

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" People who have any kind of illness use humor as a type of coping. "

" I was trained in the repertory theater. You would do Moliere one night and Sam Shepard the next. "

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Edward Zwick

Behavior

Moral

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" A lot of superhero sequel movies, they resemble each other greatly. "

" I watched aspirationally. I looked at movies that maybe I didn't entirely understand but which developed in me some thirst for their subjects or for their context, and that became part of how I came to understand the world. "