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You know when somebody really knows what they're drawing from and you can feel it when you see the movie.
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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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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It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing.
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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.
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Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled. It's a business. If they don't see it, I can think they're wrong, but I'm not entitled to a $15 million budget to make a film.
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It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.
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