256 Quotes by Edward Norton

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

There are things you do for the fun of doing them or to work or to hang with certain people. But the projects that I've invested myself in and cared about most deeply have absolutely been activated by a desire to chase something that I relate to, or that I see as having the potential to speak to someone else directly.

Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.

We must realize that nature is absolutely essential for our survival, and we must act on that premise now.

Even my wife and two of my children are in "Leaves of Grass". Because I love the source material so much, it was really easy to write and an utter delight to get to direct because I had people like Edward [Norton] elevating the material and surprising me in their interpretations of all of this stuff that's so close to me.

The Zionist Tulsa Jew who's pugnacious is a reality. I grew up around it. And I think it's really, really funny and surprising and unlikely.

I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away.

I never even considered comedy genre as something to embrace or move away from.

I had a huge advantage with Edward Norton because he's directed a movie before, so one thing he appreciates is how hard my job is, he's very sensitive to that. We actually ended up finishing "Leaves of Grass" a day early.