41 Edward Norton Quotes for You to Enjoy

Edward Norton

American Actor

Born: Aug 18, 1969

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I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what that's about so you can represent it. Edward Norton

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

You Better Magic More Bubble Disbelief Suspension While Create

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you. Edward Norton

You People Better Too Much Seen Too Miss Miss You Than Much

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

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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. Edward Norton

People Easily Characters All People Paradoxical Shades No-One Like Because Ambiguity Contradictory Impulses Hard Who Fun

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

Smoking Films Smoke Am Want Fan Gratuitous

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it. Edward Norton

You Guard Strictly Corrosive Fame Very Against

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. Edward Norton

You People Money Take For Granted Think Something Could Take Feel Like Because How Years Going Just Really Granted Now Raise

I tend to have a kind of tunnel vision when I'm looking at an individual piece. Edward Norton

Vision Looking Kind Tend Individual Piece Tunnel Tunnel Vision

You can't control everything that comes to you. Edward Norton

You Control Everything

It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing. Edward Norton

Government See Doing

I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government. Edward Norton

Government Almost Like Proud Forgot

I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any realm and soak it up. I enjoy that free pass. Edward Norton

Key Free Enjoy Every Secret Having Like Felt Pass Always Permission Go Up Escape Any Door Soak Realm Acting

I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions. Edward Norton

You Think Never Make Answer Lot Questions Ask Should Film

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. Edward Norton

People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies. Edward Norton

Happy Conflict People Sometimes Think Wrestle Making Making Movies Lot Banal Very Essential Movies Produced Productions Thing

When you're working on a creative thing, everyone has an idea, and they're pushing it. The first time you work with anybody, you have to get comfortable with the way another person pushes hard for what they want. Edward Norton

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

Myself People Like Making Making Movies Friends Sensibility Movies

I grew up on the golden age of children's TV. Edward Norton

Age TV Up Golden Children Golden Age Grew

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