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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. "
Edward Norton
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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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" The people who work in the scientific field, they need help to convey what it's about. "
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" I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any realm and soak it up. I enjoy that free pass. "
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" I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away. "
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" People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest. "
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" I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films. "
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" Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced. "
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" I don't get much out of doing a red carpet. "
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" It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you. "
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" I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles. "
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" I have this embedded faith in the process through which films of a certain type get discovered on longer timelines. "
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" No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor. "
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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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Flying
" If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running. "
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" You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. "
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You
" 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
" Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity. "
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Complexity
Story
" Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it. "
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Guard
Fame
You
" Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people. "
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Think
Moving
" Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful. "
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Breakfast
You
World
" Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far it's guaranteed the easiest and most fun way to quickly set up a fundraising campaign and send it around to your friends and family. "
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" Identical twins are endemically alike in many ways. "
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" I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government. "
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Proud
Forgot
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" I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions. "
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Ask
Questions
Never
" It's nice when someone knows their lines. "
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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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" 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. "
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