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You dream as an actor's director of letting moments breathe through two-shots.
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've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.
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If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.
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When people come together too young, they try to become one person. As you get older, you realize that you don't want to become one person because then you lose the person you are.
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Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.
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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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