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" The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions. "
Edward Norton
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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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" You can't control everything that comes to you. "
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" A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience. "
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" At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really. "
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" 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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" It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you. "
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Better
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" It's a dream to be in a company of actors. "
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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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" I'm fascinated by the ways in which people express themselves, because their responses are often counter to what they're actually feeling. Like when they're frightened, they tend to freeze. When they're angry, it doesn't always come out as volume. There are wonderful contradictions in the way that people express their emotions. "
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