Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people.
Edward NortonObviously plastics have served very important purposes and been incredibly convenient but as we begin to witness the long-term consequences of the chemical components leaching into our water and our bodies, we're going to be forced to look for alternatives to how we package goods and food.
Edward NortonPeople say you can't make movies about your politics or the environment. And, generally speaking, I completely divide those sides of my brain.
Edward NortonAll people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's fun because it's hard.
Edward NortonInstead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.
Edward NortonTo me, achieving tone, achieving consistency, is exactly the job of a director. It is to be the fusing, the nexus of a whole bunch of people contributing to the complex life of a movie. There are actors, there's a cinematographer, there're costume people, set people, there are all these things, and you somehow have to be the person in the middle of it who is making it all synchronize into the same magic bubble.
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