Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I don't tend to say it's time for one of this or that genre. Things flow to you in a strange way,… — 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
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
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
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 Copy Share Image
I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I thought Rounders was a comic movie in its way. First time I directed a movie, I wanted to do a comedy.… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think the consensus among our generation and people younger than us is that we do have a defining challenge in the… — 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
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 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
Look, you've got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of… — 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
To cite my own alma mater, it's shocking to me that Yale University can teach what it teaches at the Yale School… — 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 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
When I was about 16 or 17, I had a teacher who took a group of us to the National Theater in… — 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 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
Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Most people don't relate to and can't generate concern for something they don't encounter personally or feel personally affected by. People have… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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… — Edward Norton Copy Share
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… — Edward Norton Copy Share
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… — Edward Norton Copy Share
![“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/i/f09/edward-norton-2203_actors_as-an-actor-if-you-step-to-the-side-and_15751.jpg)
