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Edward Norton

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

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

I almost forgot what its like to be proud of my government. – Edward Norton

Its dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing. – Edward Norton

Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far its 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

Im not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more. – Edward Norton

If youve got a piece and you can feel the person whos going to direct it is really made for it, if its really special for them, then its going to be a better-than-usual experience. – Edward Norton

Just because youve made a couple movies, youve done some good movies, youve been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobodys entitled. Its a business. If they dont see it, I can think theyre wrong, but Im not entitled to a $15 million budget to make a film. – Edward Norton

I grew up on the golden age of childrens TV. – 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

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

I just love movies. – Edward Norton

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

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

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