If two people are at completely different stages in their spiritual life, that can present a real problem. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced. — 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
I'm pretty busy in my life and I'm very aware of what it takes to direct a movie. It takes a lot… — 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
A lot of people ask, "What do you pull on in your own life from your character?" In all honesty, it's not… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I come from a family of conservation activists, and so I've had a strong connection to nature all my life. My father… — 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 already spent a lot of my life doing what makes me go. There's a life out there while I'm still young,… — 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
![“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 was doing, most people would panic. Most people would be on the set, and they would be panicking, going, "I'm not doing anything!" All the ham instincts in you would be…” quote by Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f09/edward-norton-2203_actors_as-an-actor-if-you-step-to-the-side-and_15751.jpg)
