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I don't have anything to prove to anybody, which is a lovely place to be.
Edward Norton
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Edward Norton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 18
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Edward Harrison Norton
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I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any realm and soak it up. I enjoy that free pass.
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I've observed over and over that people seem to get a much deeper sense of fulfillment out of something they've done as an act of service than out of the things they do for themselves.
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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 way I think you, and PTA, and Fincher are born directors. Maybe some people's talent is in understanding the ways that film communicates, without dialogue, without plot.
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People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest.
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There are tens of thousands of charities and hundreds of thousands, getting towards millions, of people now using it. And when I flip through it, I'm just blown away by people.
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I studied French forever, and when do I ever speak French? I clearly should have studied Spanish. I wish I had stuck with music, because that would still be great. I really wish I had learned to surf earlier in my life.
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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.
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You can't control everything that comes to you.
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When I was very small, I had that first-time-you-see-a-play experience, which immediately made me want to act, because it seemed like this incredible outlet for something I was already doing fairly compulsively anyway, which was putting on hats and costumes and doing funny voices. It was a very natural compulsion for me.
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Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as artists, some of the massive disruption that technology is causing is so exciting, the way that people can share creativity now.
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Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.
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I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.
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The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.
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People say you can't make movies about your politics or the environment. And, generally speaking, I completely divide those sides of my brain.
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You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with.
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The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.
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You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. There's like, 18 different independent film-financing funds. In fact, I think the children of those films are getting made. A more interesting question is whether those films are going to get seen and appreciated.
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If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.
Edward Norton
A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience.
Edward Norton
Remarkably, there's no green screen in 'Leaves of Grass' movie. There is motion control. Technically, there were all sorts of challenges, but really the soul of it is Edward Norton talent. You write these characters when you write a movie, and all you can hope for or depend on is that your actors will elevate the material.
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