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

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

Edward Norton quotes: It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing.

It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing.

Edward Norton quotes: The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.

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 quotes: I knew Danny DeVito and he knew me, so he wanted me to try Death to Smoochy. I loved that stuff and had a great time doing it.

I knew Danny DeVito and he knew me, so he wanted me to try Death to Smoochy. I loved that stuff and had a great time doing it.

Edward Norton quotes: Suspension of disbelief and that whole question is part of the heart of the 'Leaves of Grass'movie.

Suspension of disbelief and that whole question is part of the heart of the 'Leaves of Grass'movie.

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

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

Edward Norton quotes: You know when somebody really knows what they're drawing from and you can feel it when you see the movie.

You know when somebody really knows what they're drawing from and you can feel it when you see the movie.

Edward Norton quotes: It's nice when someone knows their lines.

It's nice when someone knows their lines.

Edward Norton quotes: I like music, but I need to get outside more.

I like music, but I need to get outside more.

Edward Norton quotes: I grew up on the golden age of children's TV.

I grew up on the golden age of children's TV.

Edward Norton quotes: Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

Edward Norton quotes: My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s.

My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s.

Edward Norton quotes: It's a dream to be in a company of actors.

It's a dream to be in a company of actors.

Edward Norton quotes: I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert.

I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert.

Edward Norton quotes: In drama, I think, the audience is a willing participant. It's suspending a certain kind of disbelief to try to get something out of a story.

In drama, I think, the audience is a willing participant. It's suspending a certain kind of disbelief to try to get something out of a story.

Edward Norton quotes: Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

Edward Norton quotes: If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.

If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.

Edward Norton quotes: Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.

Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.

Edward Norton quotes: I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up.

I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up.

Edward Norton quotes: I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.

I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.

Edward Norton quotes: If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running.

If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running.

Edward Norton quotes: I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility.

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

Edward Norton quotes: The elegance of staying with a moment, without needing to stop and change all the lighting, made [the alternative] seem lazy and indulgent.

The elegance of staying with a moment, without needing to stop and change all the lighting, made [the alternative] seem lazy and indulgent.

Edward Norton quotes: I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away.

I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away.

Edward Norton quotes: I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.

I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.

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

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

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

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

Edward Norton quotes: I tend to have a kind of tunnel vision when I'm looking at an individual piece.

I tend to have a kind of tunnel vision when I'm looking at an individual piece.

Edward Norton quotes: The period western doesn't have a lot to say to most people today.

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

Edward Norton quotes: No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.

No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.

Edward Norton quotes: I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films.

I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films.

Edward Norton quotes: Identical twins are endemically alike in many ways.

Identical twins are endemically alike in many ways.

Edward Norton quotes: The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

Edward Norton quotes: Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.

Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.

Edward Norton quotes: The Zionist Tulsa Jew who's pugnacious is a reality. I grew up around it. And I think it's really, really funny and surprising and unlikely.

The Zionist Tulsa Jew who's pugnacious is a reality. I grew up around it. And I think it's really, really funny and surprising and unlikely.

Edward Norton quotes: I'm a New Yorker, you know.

I'm a New Yorker, you know.

Edward Norton quotes: At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really.

At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really.

Edward Norton quotes: I think technology is having a democratising effect on film.

I think technology is having a democratising effect on film.

Edward Norton quotes: I like things that aren't superficially one thing or another.

I like things that aren't superficially one thing or another.

Edward Norton quotes: I have this embedded faith in the process through which films of a certain type get discovered on longer timelines.

I have this embedded faith in the process through which films of a certain type get discovered on longer timelines.

Edward Norton quotes: The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

Edward Norton quotes: Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies.

Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies.

Edward Norton quotes: Sometimes their oppression of emotion and the weird way it comes out is more interesting than painting it in bold primary colors.

Sometimes their oppression of emotion and the weird way it comes out is more interesting than painting it in bold primary colors.

Edward Norton quotes: Most of what I know about environmental conservation I learned from my father, who has been a leader within the movement for over 30 years.

Most of what I know about environmental conservation I learned from my father, who has been a leader within the movement for over 30 years.

Edward Norton quotes: As we say in the sewer, if you're not prepared to go all the way, don't put your boots on in the first place.

As we say in the sewer, if you're not prepared to go all the way, don't put your boots on in the first place.

Edward Norton quotes: I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through.

I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through.

Edward Norton quotes: Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity.

Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity.

Edward Norton quotes: I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.

Edward Norton quotes: Everyone keeps saying the western's dead, but it's not.

Everyone keeps saying the western's dead, but it's not.

Edward Norton quotes: Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.

Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.

Edward Norton quotes: When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script.

When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script.

Edward Norton quotes: I'm a Tulsa Jew and I have a religious upbringing.

I'm a Tulsa Jew and I have a religious upbringing.

Edward Norton quotes: I don't get much out of doing a red carpet.

I don't get much out of doing a red carpet.

Edward Norton quotes: Practiced poorly, tourism can be extremely negative.

Practiced poorly, tourism can be extremely negative.

Edward Norton quotes: I just like working with smart people.

I just like working with smart people.

Edward Norton quotes: People say you can't make movies about your politics or the environment. And, generally speaking, I completely divide those sides of my brain.

People say you can't make movies about your politics or the environment. And, generally speaking, I completely divide those sides of my brain.

Edward Norton quotes: A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience.

A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience.

Edward Norton quotes: As we say in the sewer, time and tide wait for no man.

As we say in the sewer, time and tide wait for no man.

Edward Norton quotes: I wish I were more musically gifted, more intuitive in playing instruments.

I wish I were more musically gifted, more intuitive in playing instruments.

Edward Norton quotes: The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.

The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.

Edward Norton quotes: People think because I went to Yale that that implies privilege, and it is a privilege in the sense that it's an incredible opportunity.

People think because I went to Yale that that implies privilege, and it is a privilege in the sense that it's an incredible opportunity.

Edward Norton quotes: Most of the films that I've ever really responded to are ones that I feel were really involved in their times.

Most of the films that I've ever really responded to are ones that I feel were really involved in their times.

Edward Norton quotes: You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label.

You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label.

Edward Norton quotes: People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest.

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

Edward Norton quotes: It must be good to be in Germany and France, because I have completely forgotten what it is like to be proud of your government.

It must be good to be in Germany and France, because I have completely forgotten what it is like to be proud of your government.

Edward Norton quotes: I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, and deciding to stay in my public school.

I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, and deciding to stay in my public school.

Edward Norton quotes: I read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another.

I read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another.

Edward Norton quotes: Any questions I had about whether a redneck from Oklahoma could become a Brown Classical Philosophy professor ended when I met Tim [Blake Nelson].

Any questions I had about whether a redneck from Oklahoma could become a Brown Classical Philosophy professor ended when I met Tim [Blake Nelson].

Edward Norton quotes: You can't control everything that comes to you.

You can't control everything that comes to you.

Edward Norton quotes: If you try to make interesting films, you're going to be disappointed most of the time. I choose just not to look at it that way.

If you try to make interesting films, you're going to be disappointed most of the time. I choose just not to look at it that way.

Edward Norton quotes: I don't have anything to prove to anybody, which is a lovely place to be.

I don't have anything to prove to anybody, which is a lovely place to be.

Edward Norton quotes: Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation.

Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation.

Edward Norton quotes: I just love movies.

I just love movies.

Edward Norton quotes: I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions.

I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions.

Edward Norton quotes: You dream as an actor's director of letting moments breathe through two-shots.

You dream as an actor's director of letting moments breathe through two-shots.

Edward Norton quotes: You can do things in twin scenes now you couldn't before. You can implement actual moving cameras.

You can do things in twin scenes now you couldn't before. You can implement actual moving cameras.

Edward Norton quotes: The incentive for business is not, and cannot, be anything other than the root incentive for all business: they must profit.

The incentive for business is not, and cannot, be anything other than the root incentive for all business: they must profit.

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

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

Edward Norton quotes: When you have a pipe salesman with a business called Macabee Pipes, I'd say you've got your tongue planted firmly in your cheek.

When you have a pipe salesman with a business called Macabee Pipes, I'd say you've got your tongue planted firmly in your cheek.

Edward Norton quotes: You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with.

You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with.

Edward Norton quotes: With Edward Norton you'd never say, "This is the one we're going with whether you like it or not." It has to be agreed upon.

With Edward Norton you'd never say, "This is the one we're going with whether you like it or not." It has to be agreed upon.