Edward Norton Quotes

United States,
August 18, 1969

Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his work in the films Primal Fear (1996), American History X (1998) and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014). He also starred in other roles, such as The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Fight Club (1999), Red Dragon (2002), 25th Hour (2002), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Illusionist (2006), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He has also directed and co-written films, including his directorial debut, Keeping the Faith (2000). He has done uncredited work on several scripts, including The Score (2001), Frida (2002) and The Incredible Hulk (2008).

The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

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It's a dream to be in a company of actors.

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- Dream

I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through.

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- Wrestling
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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- School
- Remember
The people who work in the scientific field, they need help to convey what it's about.

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- People
- Work
- Help
If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.

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- Heart
- Stop
Everyone keeps saying the western's dead, but it's not.

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All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's fun because it's hard.

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- People
- Fun

I'm a New Yorker, you know.

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I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility.

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- People
- Friends
You can't control everything that comes to you.

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- Control
I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away.

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- Character
I grew up on the golden age of children's TV.

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- Up
- Children
- Age
The period western doesn't have a lot to say to most people today.

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- People
- Today
- Period

I think we really feel like Crowdrise could be something that, 20 years from now, people take for granted because that's just how you do it, like if you're going to raise money for something, that's how you do it.

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- People
- Money
I have this embedded faith in the process through which films of a certain type get discovered on longer timelines.

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- Faith
You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with.

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- Life
- Up
Well, I don't feel that I've played so many bad guys, and I'm rot really drawn to villains per se. I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles.

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- People
- Bad
I don't get much out of doing a red carpet.

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- Red
I just love movies.

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You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label.

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- Independent
I like music, but I need to get outside more.

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- Music
I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.

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- Experience
Most of the films that I've ever really responded to are ones that I feel were really involved in their times.

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