Edward Norton

I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility. ”

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? ”

I just love movies. ”

Look, you've got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of supporting the causes that they care about or changing the world. And these people are not going to do it the way our parents do it. ”

A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience. ”

I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more. ”

If you've got a piece and you can feel the person who's going to direct it is really made for it, if it's really special for them, then it's going to be a better-than-usual experience. ”

At this point in my life I'm not bent on proving anything, really. ”

You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with. ”

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