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Edward Norton is an American actor, born on August 18, 1969. He is renowned for his exceptional performances in films, particularly in 'Fight Club' and 'American History X'. Norton's acting career began on stage and gradually shifted to the screen, earning him numerous awards and nominations.

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“Most of the movies that I've made that I really felt good about and cared about made very little money anyway, so I'm not particularly worried about people downloading and sharing them.”

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“There is a lot of interesting product coming to market already. Bags and bottles and cups and such made of potato starch and other fully biodegradable materials. In some sense, plastic is more chemically complex. We ought to be able to simplify.”

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“You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. There's like, 18 different independent film-financing funds. In fact, I think the children of those films are getting made. A more interesting question is whether those films are going to get seen and appreciated.”

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“The elegance of staying with a moment, without needing to stop and change all the lighting, made [the alternative] seem lazy and indulgent.”

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“But look at Avatar (2009), one of the most globally viewed pieces of entertainment to have ever been made - the central emotional event of the whole movie was a tree being cut down. And the entire movie, essentially, is saying, "If we let the military industrial complex trash the place that we're living in, we will have committed an epic crime."”

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“When I was very small, I had that first-time-you-see-a-play experience, which immediately made me want to act, because it seemed like this incredible outlet for something I was already doing fairly compulsively anyway, which was putting on hats and costumes and doing funny voices. It was a very natural compulsion for me.”

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“Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies.”

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

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“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 million budget to make a film.”

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Born: August 18, 1969
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 166

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