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Quote by Damien Hirst

“I think an ashtray is the most fantastically real thing.”

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Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist known for his influential presence in the art world. His works often deal with themes of death, life, and consumerism, characterized by vibrant colors and unique forms. more

“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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Author:Edward Norton

“If there's a criteria that really gets me interested in a work besides any type of personal interaction with the theme, it's if I feel like this is the right piece of work for that director at that moment in their career.”

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Author:Edward Norton

“When I was about 16 or 17, I had a teacher who took a group of us to the National Theater in Washington, D.C., and I saw Ian McKellen do his one-man show - I think it was called Acting Shakespeare - and it completely bombed me; it put the zap on my brain in a big way.”

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Author:Edward Norton

“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 .”

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Author:Edward Norton

“People think because I went to Yale that that implies privilege, and it is a privilege in the sense that it's an incredible opportunity.”

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Author:Edward Norton

“You can do things in twin scenes now you couldn't before. You can implement actual moving cameras.”

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Author:Edward Norton

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