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

Edward Norton

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Edward Norton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 18
Actor
Character Actor
Environmentalist
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Journalist
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Television Actor
Boston
Massachusetts
Edward Harrison Norton
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