Edward Norton
Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Nortonis an American actor, filmmaker and activist. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his work in the films Primal Fear, American History Xand Birdman. He also starred in other roles, such as Everyone Says I Love You, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Fight Club, Red Dragon, 25th Hour, Kingdom of Heaven, The Illusionist, Moonrise Kingdomand The Grand Budapest Hotel. He has also directed and co-written films, including his directorial debut, Keeping the Faith. He has...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 August 1969
CountryUnited States of America
If you feel like someone just knows what this is about to their core, they're going to have that special confidence in it.You stop looking at the seams and they start inhabiting the same space and start interacting with each .
When people come together too young, they try to become one person. As you get older, you realize that you don't want to become one person because then you lose the person you are.
The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.
You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with.
For Keeping the Faith, I looked at [George ] Cukor's old films like The Philadelphia Story, stuff that's hilariously funny and really smart with a cutting critique in the humor, too. With this, when I read it, I was laughing a lot.
I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions.
Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.
Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.
Sometimes their oppression of emotion and the weird way it comes out is more interesting than painting it in bold primary colors.
Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.
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.
I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away.
The deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away. It's more challenging to me, but it's also just interesting. Those are the things I like to watch. I like to watch the evolutions of something.
I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.