I started, with three friends, this website called Crowdrise that's sort of the Facebook for personal philanthropy, a place where anybody can… — Edward Norton Ambition Copy Share Image
I like to get into a lot of things besides movies. I've been very involved with a few specific efforts. We built… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
See, I don't get the sense that you need to direct at all. Sometimes I get the opposite sensation from you, that… — Edward Norton Brain Copy Share Image
I had a huge advantage with Edward Norton because he's directed a movie before, so one thing he appreciates is how hard… — Edward Norton Advantage Copy Share Image
On the downside, to paraphrase Thom Yorke talking about the music business, we're still having to deal with the stench of the… — Edward Norton America Copy Share Image
To me, Fight Club was a comedy. When [David] Fincher sent me the book and I read it, the first thing I… — Edward Norton Actors Copy Share Image
What we set out to do with this movie [Leaves of Grass] was to create something that was funny and serious and… — Edward Norton Ambition Copy Share Image
If you feel like someone just knows what this is about to their core, they're going to have that special confidence in… — Edward Norton Confidence Copy Share Image
This place [USA] is exploding with young people who are - they're like Nietzsche's hammer - going to break everything and make… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
But at the same time, the film industry just got torched. The risk tolerance for the types of movies we're talking about… — Edward Norton Business Copy Share Image
Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled.… — Edward Norton Academy Copy Share Image
There are things you do for the fun of doing them or to work or to hang with certain people. But the… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Most of us still believe in the intrinsic value of nature, but I think the first century of the environmental/conservation movement demonstrated… — Edward Norton Behavior Copy Share Image
I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying… — Edward Norton Acting Copy Share Image
You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far it's guaranteed… — Edward Norton Business Copy Share Image
When I was about 16 or 17, I had a teacher who took a group of us to the National Theater in… — Edward Norton Acting Copy Share Image
I've been friends with the guys in Radiohead for a lot of years, and I watch the way those guys work with… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I think there is a serious corruption in the idea sold through advertising that you can attain spiritual peace through lifestyle and… — Edward Norton Acquiring things Copy Share Image
![“To me, Fight Club was a comedy. When [David] Fincher sent me the book and I read it, the first thing I asked him was, "This is a comedy, right?" he said, "Yeah, that's the whole point," and I said, "Okay, I'm in." I certainly wasn't imagining myself as a dramatic actor when I was running around in…” quote by Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5ec/edward-norton-2203_actors_to-me-fight-club-was-a-comedy-when-david_2837192.jpg)
![“What we set out to do with this movie [Leaves of Grass] was to create something that was funny and serious and had large tonal ambitions. A movie that could be poignant and funny, and suddenly quite violent. To have a character utterly sideswiped, and to learn that life is about balance.” quote by Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/286/edward-norton-2203_ambition_what-we-set-out-to-do-with-this-movie-le_2503986.jpg)
![“This place [USA] is exploding with young people who are - they're like Nietzsche's hammer - going to break everything and make something better. The creative energy in this country, and what people are coming up with is very hopeful.” quote by Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/704/edward-norton-2203_break_this-place-usa-is-exploding-with-young-p_317372.jpg)
