People Quotes by Edward Norton

I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles.

— Edward Norton

I just like working with smart people.

— Edward Norton

The period western doesn't have a lot to say to most people today.

— Edward Norton

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

— Edward Norton

If two people are at completely different stages in their spiritual life, that can present a real problem.

— Edward Norton

I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility.

— Edward Norton

People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest.

— Edward Norton

Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people.

— Edward Norton

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

The people who work in the scientific field, they need help to convey what it's about.

— Edward Norton

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

Young people know how to use these social networking tools, and they know how to use them effectively.

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When I think about directing a film, the thing that stops me short is wondering if I'm a natural at it the…

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The thing I'm absolutely convinced of, no matter how crazy - technological the world is getting, is that people feel more connected…

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Most of the movies that I've made that I really felt good about and cared about made very little money anyway, so…

— Edward Norton

All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's…

— Edward Norton

I think the consensus among our generation and people younger than us is that we do have a defining challenge in the…

— 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…

— Edward Norton

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

I think a lot of people in their average day actually imagine two sides of a conversation at one point or another.…

— Edward Norton

In a very philosophic sense I think doing the work is itself a good thing. But at the end of the day,…

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To me, achieving tone, achieving consistency, is exactly the job of a director. It is to be the fusing, the nexus of…

— Edward Norton

When you're working on a creative thing, everyone has an idea, and they're pushing it. The first time you work with anybody,…

— Edward Norton

I'm an actor, and, beyond that, the thing I do most compulsively is writing. So I come at it very much from…

— Edward Norton

I'm fascinated by the ways in which people express themselves, because their responses are often counter to what they're actually feeling. Like…

— Edward Norton

Even my wife and two of my children are in "Leaves of Grass". Because I love the source material so much, it…

— Edward Norton

I think it's a total fallacy for people to say, "You couldn't make those old movies today." I think there's more ways…

— Edward Norton

I'd say that, in addition to actually taking my brother and sister and I camping and hiking and river rafting all our…

— Edward Norton

Every little thing that people know about you as a person impedes your ability to achieve that kind of terrific suspension of…

— Edward Norton

Look, you've got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of…

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But work that's got real substance does make people feel, "There's someone else out there who relates to my experience, or who…

— Edward Norton

I think we really feel like Crowdrise could be something that, 20 years from now, people take for granted because that's just…

— Edward Norton

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

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

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

This place [USA] is exploding with young people who are - they're like Nietzsche's hammer - going to break everything and make…

— Edward Norton

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

There are tens of thousands of charities and hundreds of thousands, getting towards millions, of people now using it. And when I…

— Edward Norton

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

Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as…

— Edward Norton