I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles. — Edward Norton Character Copy Share Image
I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away. — Edward Norton Character Copy Share Image
I read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another. — Edward Norton Books Copy Share Image
If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running. — 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
The elegance of staying with a moment, without needing to stop and change all the lighting, made [the alternative] seem lazy and… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
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 Comedy Copy Share Image
I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
If you've got a piece and you can feel the person who's going to direct it is really made for it, if… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any… — Edward Norton Acting 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
With Edward Norton you'd never say, "This is the one we're going with whether you like it or not." It has to… — 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
Remarkably, there's no green screen in 'Leaves of Grass' movie. There is motion control. Technically, there were all sorts of challenges, but… — Edward Norton Actors Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people in their average day actually imagine two sides of a conversation at one point or another.… — 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 Actor 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 Activist 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 Angry 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
Even my wife and two of my children are in "Leaves of Grass". Because I love the source material so much, it… — Edward Norton Children 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 American history Copy Share Image
People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest. — Edward Norton Corporate Copy Share Image
Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies. — Edward Norton Books Copy Share Image
A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience. — Edward Norton Experience Copy Share Image
We must realize that nature is absolutely essential for our survival, and we must act on that premise now. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
You can do things in twin scenes now you couldn't before. You can implement actual moving cameras. — Edward Norton Cameras Copy Share Image
The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in. — Edward Norton Acting Copy Share Image
You know when somebody really knows what they're drawing from and you can feel it when you see the movie. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
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