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The deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away. It's more challenging to me, but it's also just interesting. Those are the things I like to watch. I like to watch the evolutions of something.
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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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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Everyone keeps saying the western's dead, but it's not.
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It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing.
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