I do subscribe to the maxim that generally comedy is like jazz. Either you get it or you don't. You can't learn… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
If two people are at completely different stages in their spiritual life, that can present a real problem. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
If you try to make interesting films, you're going to be disappointed most of the time. I choose just not to look… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
When I think of my background, if I was privileged on any level, it was in terms of the kind of exposure… — 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
As an actor, if you step to the side and you look at [Thornton's performance] technically, and you try to imagine doing… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
As we say in the sewer, if you're not prepared to go all the way, don't put your boots on in the… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
If there's a criteria that really gets me interested in a work besides any type of personal interaction with the theme, it's… — Edward Norton 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
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
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 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 Copy Share Image
If Nick Broomfield never found anyone with affection for Courtney Love, it's only because he conspicuously avoided the countless friends, colleagues and… — Edward Norton 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 not really… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
As an actor, if you step to the side and you look at [Thornton's performance] technically, and you try to imagine doing what he… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you. — 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 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 this planet… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
David Fincher is probably the best comprehensive director in terms of being a manger of a process that must drive forward. He has such… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Sometimes their oppression of emotion and the weird way it comes out is more interesting than painting it in bold primary colors. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
The thing I'm absolutely convinced of, no matter how crazy - technological the world is getting, is that people feel more connected through the… — Edward Norton 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 artists, some… — Edward Norton 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
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