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

Edward Norton

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Edward Norton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 18
Actor
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Environmentalist
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Film Director
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Journalist
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Boston
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Edward Harrison Norton
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I don't think you should sit around and wait for people to give you an opportunity to express yourself or do your work, or whatever. Actors have to be producers and writers have to be producers.
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