I have this embedded faith in the process through which films of a certain type get discovered on longer timelines. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I get heartbroken flying into L.A. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was… — Edward Norton Feelings Copy Share Image
There are tens of thousands of charities and hundreds of thousands, getting towards millions, of people now using it. And when I… — Edward Norton Blown away Copy Share Image
Well, I don't feel that I've played so many bad guys, and I'm rot really drawn to villains per se. I think… — Edward Norton Bad guy Copy Share Image
My greatest hope is that we transcend the most fearful thing, which is that we are rapidly degrading the ecological systems on… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
When people come together too young, they try to become one person. As you get older, you realize that you don't want… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
People say you can't make movies about your politics or the environment. And, generally speaking, I completely divide those sides of my… — Edward Norton Brain Copy Share Image
When I think about directing a film, the thing that stops me short is wondering if I'm a natural at it the… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
To me, achieving tone, achieving consistency, is exactly the job of a director. It is to be the fusing, the nexus of… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I've never acted before in a movie I've directed. This felt like the time to do it just because the " Leaves… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
For Keeping the Faith, I looked at [George ] Cukor's old films like The Philadelphia Story, stuff that's hilariously funny and really… — Edward Norton Critique Copy Share Image
I think the consensus among our generation and people younger than us is that we do have a defining challenge in the… — Edward Norton Art Copy Share Image
The deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away. It's more challenging to me,… — Edward Norton Challenges Copy Share Image
Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I hear about actors being exterior actors and actors being instinctual actors and I always think it's crap. Anybody who knows anything… — Edward Norton Actor Copy Share Image
I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
The incentive for business is not, and cannot, be anything other than the root incentive for all business: they must profit. — Edward Norton Business Copy Share Image
I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
People think because I went to Yale that that implies privilege, and it is a privilege in the sense that it's an… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
When the tides of life turn against you And the current upsets your boat, Don't waste those tears on what might have… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. — Edward Norton Cinema Copy Share Image
I've observed over and over that people seem to get a much deeper sense of fulfillment out of something they've done as… — Edward Norton Acts of service Copy Share Image
The Zionist Tulsa Jew who's pugnacious is a reality. I grew up around it. And I think it's really, really funny and… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, and… — Edward Norton Kids Copy Share Image
It's ginned up by the corporate plutocracy as a way of distracting the working-class people that it's screwing. We hamstring our own… — Edward Norton Class Copy Share Image
Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Most of what I know about environmental conservation I learned from my father, who has been a leader within the movement for… — Edward Norton Conservation Copy Share Image
For me there's always a line or two in a script, when you hit it you almost decide to do the whole… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
When I'm looking for Zen and I'm not saying this facetiously at all - I would really rather surf, scuba dive, or… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
There is a lot of interesting product coming to market already. Bags and bottles and cups and such made of potato starch… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
But look at Avatar (2009), one of the most globally viewed pieces of entertainment to have ever been made - the central… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I just don't think most of us are aware how much of what we throw away ends up in the ocean, for… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I studied French forever, and when do I ever speak French? I clearly should have studied Spanish. I wish I had stuck… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
When I look at the directors that I really love, who really develop their films over time, they're almost always the ones… — Edward Norton Cinema Copy Share Image
I don't feel insecure about any of this work anymore. Maybe I don't have what I had when I was younger. I'm… — Edward Norton Affliction Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't have any politics. As an actor, I'm driven more by an authentic - I would say an… — Edward Norton Actor Copy Share Image
Obviously plastics have served very important purposes and been incredibly convenient but as we begin to witness the long-term consequences of the… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Most people don't relate to and can't generate concern for something they don't encounter personally or feel personally affected by. People have… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
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