You could cast nearly any movie in Brooklyn, and now you can film in Brooklyn – for you have studios. Peter Hedges Read Quote
I can go years without going to Los Angeles, but I think my living in Brooklyn is critical to my continuing to have a fairly happy life in the film industry. Peter Hedges Read Quote
Let the story lead you. If the story needs to be dark, let it go dark. If it’s a sweet, good-for-the-world story, that’s what it is. Peter Hedges Read Quote
I took a look at my own life and realized that I was overinvesting in my kids. I realized that I had to get out of the way and let them be who they wanted to be, not what I wanted them to be. Peter Hedges Read Quote
So much of life’s dramas, good and bad, play out against family and so it’s really inspiring for any number of stories in all the fields I write in. Peter Hedges Read Quote
Family is paramount to me in my life, and my own comes first above everything, and that’s something universal that people can relate to. Peter Hedges Read Quote
When I go home to Iowa, people assume I live in this very big anonymous place where no one knows each other or wants to. Truth is, I know my neighbors better in Brooklyn than I ever did in Iowa. Peter Hedges Read Quote
And for better or worse, a story like ‘Pieces of April’ is the kind of story I’m supposed to tell. The kind of story that makes you laugh as much as possible but also breaks your heart. Peter Hedges Read Quote
The greatest love I believe… the greatest love I have is for my children, but I think the greatest love probably universally is a mother’s love for a child. Peter Hedges Read Quote
I completely hold on to the idea that people are eager if not desperate to be told a good story. Peter Hedges Read Quote
