Edward Norton Quotes

I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert.

Edward Norton

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• When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • People
  • Alone
  • Myself

• As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Community
  • Support
  • City

• In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.

  

  Zebulon Pike
  • Character
  • Army
  • United States

• Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Free
  • Motion
  • Friction

• What is funny is when you do a futuristic movie, you immediately get to be fashionable because you're creating something that doesn't exist.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Movie
  • You
  • Funny

• My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Mind
  • Business
  • Creative

• I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Rain
  • Confession

• It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the sides.' I think I originally read for Bumper, because Donald didn't have much in the script, so I read all Bumper's lines. I beatboxed for them, because that's what my character was supposed to do. And then I was like, 'By the way, I rap.'

  

  Utkarsh Ambudkar
  • Character
  • Movie
  • Think

• Well, you can't improvise story, which is a fact. If you could, the budget would be insane.

  

  Adam Pally
  • You
  • Story
  • Budget

• Singing is something I've always loved to do, and I'd never considered taking it further than the shower.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • Singing
  • Loved
  • Shower

• As an actor, a lot of things you do, people don't see it.

  

  Beck Bennett
  • People
  • You
  • Actor

• I really do love Diana Ross; I grew up listening to her records. I grew up in a little town in Mexico, so while we got the music, we never got the experience of watching her.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Up
  • Music
  • Love

• While the final decision as to the use of my body remains with PETA, I make the following suggested directions:

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Decision

• Teachers are very undervalued for what they do.

  

  Garth Nix

• Ich bin der Geist der stets verneint.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove.

  

  Matt Taibbi
  • She
  • Political

• For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

  

  Jill McCorkle

• For some reason, people value being scared less than they value laughing.

  

  Jason Blum
  • People
  • Value

• Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

  

  Khalil Gibran
  • Purpose
  • Friendship

• People are looking for something new at the end of the day, and I think when people can do something new and unique to get people's attention, that's what is needed. There's so many people that follow the trend, and then it gets to a point where it gets a little stale. So, in music, I mean, whoever's the new trendsetter, that's who people follow.

  

  Nick Cannon
  • Attention
  • Unique
  • Needed

• We had many good directors - John Carpenter, Brian De Palma - but things have become polluted by business, money and bad relationships. The success of the horror genre has led to its downfall.

  

  Dario Argento
  • Good
  • Money
  • Business

• Tommy's got his shirt on. His favourite polo shirt.

  

  Kazuo Ishiguro

• I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert.

  

  Edward Norton