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" At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really. "
Edward Norton
Proving
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My Life
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" I just love movies. "
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" Young people know how to use these social networking tools, and they know how to use them effectively. "
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" I don't get much out of doing a red carpet. "
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" People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest. "
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" Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it. "
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" I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, and deciding to stay in my public school. "
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" I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert. "
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" I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever. "
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" If you've got a piece and you can feel the person who's going to direct it is really made for it, if it's really special for them, then it's going to be a better-than-usual experience. "
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" I get heartbroken flying into L.A. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was when it was all wheat fields? Can you imagine what John Steinbeck saw? "
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" Every little thing that people know about you as a person impedes your ability to achieve that kind of terrific suspension of disbelief that happens when an audience goes with an actor and character he's playing. "
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" When you're working on a creative thing, everyone has an idea, and they're pushing it. The first time you work with anybody, you have to get comfortable with the way another person pushes hard for what they want. "
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" My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s. "
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Having
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" I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up. "
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He
Up
" You can't control everything that comes to you. "
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" All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's fun because it's hard. "
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