Edward Norton quotes - page 2

You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that interest me. Do they move me? Interest me? Make me think? When I run across something that is provocative in an unsettling way, it appeals to me. (Edward Norton)

The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

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I'm a New Yorker, you know.

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I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.

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I think we really feel like Crowdrise could be something that, 20 years from now, people take for granted because that's just how you do it, like if you're going to raise money for something, that's how you do it.

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Young people know how to use these social networking tools, and they know how to use them effectively.

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In drama, I think, the audience is a willing participant. It's suspending a certain kind of disbelief to try to get something out of a story.

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Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

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I tend to have a kind of tunnel vision when I'm looking at an individual piece.

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Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity.

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Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people. (Edward Norton)

I read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another.

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If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running.

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My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s.

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I get heartbroken flying into L.A. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was when it was all wheat fields? Can you imagine what John Steinbeck saw?

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People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies.

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There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there.

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Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far it's guaranteed the easiest and most fun way to quickly set up a fundraising campaign and send it around to your friends and family.

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I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, and deciding to stay in my public school.

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I just like working with smart people.

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No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor. (Edward Norton)

I have this embedded faith in the process through which films of a certain type get discovered on longer timelines.

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People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest.

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I grew up on the golden age of children's TV.

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I don't get much out of doing a red carpet.

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Occupation: American Actor
Born: August 18, 1969
Quotes count: 61
Wikipedia: Edward Norton

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