--- title: "10 Kind Quotes By Edward Norton" description: "10 Kind quotes by Edward Norton. Plus more from Edward Norton and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/edward-norton-2203_audience_in-drama-i-think-the-audience-is-a-willi_3041470.jpg" --- > [In drama, I think, the audience is a willing participant. It's suspending a certain kind of disbelief to try to get something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/in-drama-i-think-the-audience-is-a-willing-participant-it-s/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/edward-norton-2203_audience_in-drama-i-think-the-audience-is-a-willi_3041470.jpg) > [I tend to have a kind of tunnel vision when I'm looking at an individual piece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/i-tend-to-have-a-kind-of-tunnel-vision-when-i-m-looking-at-an/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/edward-norton-2203_dreams_i-tend-to-have-a-kind-of-tunnel-vision-w_956252.jpg) > [The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/the-best-films-of-any-kind-narrative-or-documentary-provoke-questions/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/edward-norton-2203_best-film_the-best-films-of-any-kind-narrative-or_3078794.jpg) > [Every little thing that people know about you as a person impedes your ability to achieve that kind of terrific suspension of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/every-little-thing-that-people-know-about-you-as-a-person-impedes/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/edward-norton-2203_ability_every-little-thing-that-people-know-abou_2943119.jpg) > [What has always been most interesting about acting to me personally is that it affords you the chance to shift gears, both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/what-has-always-been-most-interesting-about-acting-to-me-personally/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/edward-norton-2203_acting_what-has-always-been-most-interesting-ab_1762684.jpg) > [There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/there-s-a-lot-of-romanticisation-of-the-intuitive-actor-and-method/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/edward-norton-2203_about_there-s-a-lot-of-romanticisation-of-the_2986550.jpg) > [I don't tend to say it's time for one of this or that genre. Things flow to you in a strange way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/i-don-t-tend-to-say-it-s-time-for-one-of-this-or-that-genre-things/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/edward-norton-2203_bumps_i-don-t-tend-to-say-it-s-time-for-one-of_822114.jpg) > [When I think of my background, if I was privileged on any level, it was in terms of the kind of exposure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/when-i-think-of-my-background-if-i-was-privileged-on-any-level-it-was/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/edward-norton-2203_activist_when-i-think-of-my-background-if-i-was-p_243829.jpg) > [David Fincher is probably the best comprehensive director in terms of being a manger of a process that must drive forward. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/david-fincher-is-probably-the-best-comprehensive-director-in-terms-of/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/edward-norton-2203_cameraman_david-fincher-is-probably-the-best-compr_97993.jpg) > [If Nick Broomfield never found anyone with affection for Courtney Love, it's only because he conspicuously avoided the countless friends, colleagues and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/if-nick-broomfield-never-found-anyone-with-affection-for-courtney/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/edward-norton-2203_admire_if-nick-broomfield-never-found-anyone-wi_2245488.jpg) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by Edward Norton > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/i-don-t-feel-insecure-about-any-of-this-work-anymore-maybe-i-don-t/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/as-an-actor-if-you-step-to-the-side-and-you-look-at-thornton-s/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/it-s-better-for-people-to-miss-you-than-to-have-seen-too-much-of-you/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [You can't control everything that comes to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/you-can-t-control-everything-that-comes-to-you/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [The incentive for business is not, and cannot, be anything other than the root incentive for all business: they must profit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/the-incentive-for-business-is-not-and-cannot-be-anything-other-than/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [My greatest hope is that we transcend the most fearful thing, which is that we are rapidly degrading the ecological systems on this planet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/my-greatest-hope-is-that-we-transcend-the-most-fearful-thing-which-is/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [David Fincher is probably the best comprehensive director in terms of being a manger of a process that must drive forward. He has such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/david-fincher-is-probably-the-best-comprehensive-director-in-terms-of/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [Sometimes their oppression of emotion and the weird way it comes out is more interesting than painting it in bold primary colors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/sometimes-their-oppression-of-emotion-and-the-weird-way-it-comes-out/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [The thing I'm absolutely convinced of, no matter how crazy - technological the world is getting, is that people feel more connected through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/the-thing-i-m-absolutely-convinced-of-no-matter-how-crazy/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as artists, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/making-really-great-music-making-really-great-films-writing-great/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [I like music, but I need to get outside more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/i-like-music-but-i-need-to-get-outside-more/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/i-ve-always-liked-the-idea-of-taking-old-dramatic-ideas-and-devices/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [I don't think you should sit around and wait for people to give you an opportunity to express yourself or do your work, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/i-don-t-think-you-should-sit-around-and-wait-for-people-to-give-you/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [To cite my own alma mater, it's shocking to me that Yale University can teach what it teaches at the Yale School of Environmental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/to-cite-my-own-alma-mater-it-s-shocking-to-me-that-yale-university/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) > [I had a huge advantage with Edward Norton because he's directed a movie before, so one thing he appreciates is how hard my job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norton/i-had-a-huge-advantage-with-edward-norton-because-he-s-directed-a/) [Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-norton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/edward-norton/#itemlist", "name": "10 Kind Quotes By Edward Norton", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In drama, I think, the audience is a willing participant. 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