When I think of my background, if I was privileged on any level, it was in terms of the kind of exposure to experience and bohe-mian cultural influence that my parents and my uncles and my grandfather gave me. On both sides I come from an extremely eccentric, artsy, intellectually intense, activist family.
Edward NortonFor me there's always a line or two in a script, when you hit it you almost decide to do the whole movie off a line or two. You almost do it for the fun of getting to say a line or two like that. I don't have any specific plans, you know. I mean, if Seth Rogen calls with a great buddy pic, I'll be there.
Edward NortonI do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through.
Edward NortonBasically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people.
Edward NortonI read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another.
Edward NortonI think it's a total fallacy for people to say, "You couldn't make those old movies today." I think there's more ways to get a movie made today than ever in the history of the entertainment industry. It's a very exciting time to work in movies, if you're a creative person looking to make a very personal, weird vision.
Edward Norton