A Quote by Edward Burns

Actors are con men and con men are actors. — © Edward Burns
Actors are con men and con men are actors.

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I've always loved movies about con men. I think con men are as American as apple pie.
I think the Con-Con issue is really diversionary. I've always been against Con-Con, from the very first the time the idea was raised. Everybody knows that.
I contend that there really are no more con men. There's no need for con men anymore. There's no need for the very sophisticated, suave guy, the well-dressed guy. Today, you steal with the computer from thousands of miles away - from China, from Libya, from Hong Kong. Your victim's never going to see you, so there's no need to be any of that.
This is not to be cocky, but, I go over real well at Comic-Con. I've done quite a few Comic-Cons, and I enjoy the hell out of them. They are so much fun, and so bizarre. I've done the FX Show in Florida, Wizard-World in Chicago, Comic-Con in San Diego, Wonder-Con in San Francisco, the Comic-Con in New York, and I've done them numerous times.
Most of the time, actors respond to the thing thats so far from who they are. We all want to play the serial killer and the ex-con.
Most of the time, actors respond to the thing that's so far from who they are. We all want to play the serial killer and the ex-con.
Except for the con men borrowing money they shouldn't get and the widows who have to visit with the handsome young men in the trust department, no sane person ever enjoyed visiting a bank.
Turning music into digital was just a con, a record-company con.
Now, con said grimly, "I go to kill a werewolf and claim my woman." ~Con
But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.
I love con-men characters in film.
You name the TV psychic - they're con men.
The Democratic Party: Con-men elected by the ignorant and the arrogant.
The difference between a GOP convention and Comic-Con is that the people at Comic-Con have a much firmer grasp of reality.
Can't you read? The score demands 'con amore', and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!
Can't you read? The score demands 'con amore,' and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!
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