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" I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through. "
Edward Norton
Way
Now
Myself
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" I think we really feel like Crowdrise could be something that, 20 years from now, people take for granted because that's just how you do it, like if you're going to raise money for something, that's how you do it. "
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" I just like working with smart people. "
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" I'm a New Yorker, you know. "
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" There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there. "
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Acting
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" Most of the films that I've ever really responded to are ones that I feel were really involved in their times. "
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Involved
I Feel
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Lovely
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