Quotes by Edward Norton

About Edward Norton:

Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor, filmmaker and activist. He was nominated for three Academy Awards for his work in the films Primal Fear (1996), American History X (1998) and Birdman (2014). He also starred in other roles, such as Everyone Says I Love You (1996), 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 the scripts for The Score, Frida and The Incredible Hulk.
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I grew up on the golden age of children's TV.

Edward Norton

The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.

Edward Norton

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

Edward Norton

If you've got a piece and you can feel the person who's going to direct it is really made for it, if it's really special for them, then it's going to be a better-than-usual experience.

Edward Norton

A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience.

Edward Norton

Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far it's guaranteed the easiest and most fun way to quickly set up a fundraising campaign and send it around to your friends and family.

Edward Norton

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 millio...

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

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Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

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At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really.

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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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I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films.

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You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that interest me. Do they move me? Interest me? Make me think? When I run across something that is provocative in an u...

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

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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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The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

Edward Norton

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

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I'm fascinated by the ways in which people express themselves, because their responses are often counter to what they're actually feeling. Like when they're frightened, they tend to freeze. When they're angry, it doesn't always come out as volume. Th...

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Author Bio

  • NameEdward Norton
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornAugust 18, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Film Director; Film Producer