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" When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script. "
Edward Norton
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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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" The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better. "
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" People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies. "
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Think
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" Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity. "
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