It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing. — Edward Norton Government Copy Share Image
The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made. — Edward Norton Cinema Copy Share Image
I don't have anything to prove to anybody, which is a lovely place to be. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Suspension of disbelief and that whole question is part of the heart of the 'Leaves of Grass'movie. — Edward Norton Disbelief Copy Share Image
I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
The people who work in the scientific field, they need help to convey what it's about. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
You dream as an actor's director of letting moments breathe through two-shots. — Edward Norton Actor Copy Share Image
Any questions I had about whether a redneck from Oklahoma could become a Brown Classical Philosophy professor ended when I met Tim… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
It must be good to be in Germany and France, because I have completely forgotten what it is like to be proud… — 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 Artist Copy Share Image
Every little thing that people know about you as a person impedes your ability to achieve that kind of terrific suspension of… — Edward Norton Ability Copy Share Image
I start to get fixated on a story and a character and an idea, and at a certain point, I really want… — 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
There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character… — 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
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 Creative Copy Share Image
What has always been most interesting about acting to me personally is that it affords you the chance to shift gears, both… — Edward Norton Acting 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 Alma mater 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 Activist 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 think that the environmental movement is wisely moving away from a largely emotion-based argument for the spiritual or intrinsic value of… — Edward Norton Argument Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks that Fight Club is a very important and successful film, but it was a massive box-office failure. Massive. It was… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I think one of the most important investments an organization like TNC [The Nature Conservancy] can make is in helping build local… — Edward Norton Better future Copy Share Image
Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation. — Edward Norton Communication Copy Share Image
I never even considered comedy genre as something to embrace or move away from. — Edward Norton Comedy Copy Share Image
The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions. — 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
Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it. — Edward Norton Corrosive Copy Share Image
It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Young people know how to use these social networking tools, and they know how to use them effectively. — Edward Norton Networking Copy Share Image
I wish I were more musically gifted, more intuitive in playing instruments. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I grow tired of intelligence having such a limited manifestation in movies - "intelligence" usually meaning coastal, with a certain level of… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I knew Danny DeVito and he knew me, so he wanted me to try Death to Smoochy. I loved that stuff and… — Edward Norton Death Copy Share Image
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 Acts of service Copy Share Image
The Zionist Tulsa Jew who's pugnacious is a reality. I grew up around it. And I think it's really, really funny and… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. — Edward Norton Cinema Copy Share Image
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