It's not a disease, it's a Russian novel.
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Edward Zwick
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. 2Early life and education Zwick was born into a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ruth Ellen (née Reich) and Allen Zwick. He attended New Trier High School, received an A.B. at Harvard in 1974, and attended the AFI Conservatory, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1975. 2Career His films include Glory (1989), Legends of the Fall (1994), The Siege (1998), The Last Samurai (2003), Blood Diamond (2006), and Defiance (2008). Along with Marshall Herskovitz, Zwick runs a film production company called The Bedford Falls Company (inspired by the name of the town featured in Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life). This company has produced such notable films as Traffic and Shakespeare in Love and the TV shows thirtysomething, Relativity, Once and Again, and My So-Called Life. He was one of the recipients of the Academy Award for Best Picture for Shakespeare in Love; he was also nominated in the same category for Traffic. Despite sharing a surname and being in the same profession, Edward is unrelated to fellow director Joel Zwick. 2Films 3Directed About Last Night.
What do you say we blow this joint and then each other?
I'm full of shit, okay? No I'm... I'm knowingly full of shit. Because, uh... because uh, uh... I have... I have never cared about anybody or anything in my entire life. And the thing is, everybody just kind of accepted that. Like, 'That's just Jamie.' And then you!... Jesus. You. You. You didn't see…
You are not a good person because you pity-fucked a sick girl.
Jamie Randall: Hey, Lisa. Bruce Winston: Her name's not Lisa. Jamie Randall: I know. I know. But, if every time I say 'Hey, Lisa', then eventually she'll come up to me and she'll be like, you know, 'My name's not Lisa it's... Jennifer'... whatever, and I'll do a big apology and I'll say, 'I thought…
Maggie Murdock: I'm gonna need you more than you need me. Jamie Randall: That's okay. Maggie Murdock: [crying] No, it's not! It isn't fair! I have places to go! Jamie Randall: You'll go there. I just may have to carry you. Maggie Murdock: ...I can't ask you to do that. Jamie Randall: You didn't.
Jamie Randall: [about selling Viagra] Bruce? Bruce? I want that account! Bruce Winston: Why would I give it to you? Jamie Randall: Who can sell dick drug better than me?
Sometimes the thing you most want doesn't happen.
I used to worry a lot about who I'd be when I grew up. You know, like how much money I'd make or, umm, like some day I'd become some big deal. Sometimes, the thing you want most doesn't happen. And sometimes, the thing you never expect does. Like giving up my job in Chicago and everything and…
I want us. This. You.
Let's just say in some alternate universe, there's a couple just like us, okay? Only she's healthy and he's perfect. And their world is about how much they're going to spend on vacation or who's in a bad mood that day, or whether they feel guilty about having a cleaning lady. I don't want to be…
Sometimes the things you want the most don't happen and what you least expect happens. I don't know—you meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet one person and your life is changed forever.