Quote by Edward Norton
Ive always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, wh

Ive always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. Youre trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what thats about so you can represent it. – Edward Norton

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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

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Look, youve got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of supporting the causes that they care about or changing the world. And these people are not going to do it the way our parents do it. – Edward Norton

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

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Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load. – Charles Henry Parkhurst

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When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure. – Author Unknown

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Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied. – Jane Austen

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I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled, most importantly I think when we appeared to be grasping for too much at one time instead of identifying our priorities in a much more responsible fashion. – Billy Tauzin

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