Edward Norton movie quotes

“A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself. And only then does that man truly begin his own game.”
Edward Norton - King Baldwin

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

“- Dr. Bob Sweeney: There was a moment, when I used to blame everything and everyone for all the pain and suffering and vile things that happened to me, that I saw happen to my people. Used to blame everybody. Blamed White people, blamed society, blamed God. I didn't get no answers 'cause I was asking the wrong questions. You have to ask the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Avery Brooks - Dr. Bob Sweeney
Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard

“- Will Graham: He's not going to stop.
- Woman Detective: Why not?
- Will Graham: Because it makes him God. Would you give that up?”
Edward Norton - Will Graham
Katie Rich - Woman Detective

“- Steve: Still don't trust me?
- Stella Bridger: I trust everyone. It's the devil inside them I don't trust.”
Edward Norton - Steve
Charlize Theron - Stella Bridger

“Tyler sold his soap to department stores at $20 a bar. Lord knows what they charged. It was beautiful. We were selling rich women their own fat asses back to them.”

Edward Norton - The Narrator

“- Eisenheim: Are you completely corrupt?
- Inspector Uhl: No, not completely, which is why I'll advise you not to accuse anyone.”
Edward Norton - Eisenheim
Paul Giamatti - Inspector Uhl

“Have we not each experienced the sensation that a beautiful moment seemed to pass to quickly, and wished that we could make it linger? Or felt time slow on a dull day, and wished that we could speed things up a bit?”
Edward Norton - Eisenheim

“You know you better not lie in here man, this is the big room! God does not look favorably on you. He has a tendancy to throw... lightning bolts at things... At liars!”
Edward Norton - Father Brian Finn

“- The Narrator: I'd fight Gandhi.
- Tyler Durden: Good answer.
- The Narrator: How about you?
- Tyler Durden: Lincoln.
- The Narrator: Lincoln?
- Tyler Durden: Big guy, big reach. Skinny guys fight 'til they're burger.”
Edward Norton - The Narrator
Brad Pitt - Tyler Durden

“Let's face it, money gets you nice things; Italian shoes and a fast car like anybody else, but I don't need 'em. It's not like I grew up poor. I wasn't chasing the money, I was chasing a feeling.”
Edward Norton - Monty Brogan

“You're anything but invisible. You're big. You're kind of a great mess. It's like a candle burning at both ends, but it's beautiful. No amount of booze or weed or attitude is going to hide that.”

Edward Norton - Mike

“A man becomes a critic when he cannot be an artist, the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.”
Edward Norton - Mike

“When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep... and you're never really awake.”
Edward Norton - The Narrator

“- Dr. Elizabeth 'Betty' Ross: Maybe your mind is in there, it's just overcharged and can't process what's happening.
- Bruce Banner: I don't want to control it. I want to get rid of it.”

Liv Tyler - Dr. Elizabeth 'Betty' Ross
Edward Norton - Bruce Banner

“There's over two million illegal immigrants bending down in this state tonight. This state spend three billion dollars last year on services, on people who had no right to be here in the first place. Three billion dollars. 400 million just to lock up a bunch of illegal immigrant criminals who only got in this country because the fucking INS...” (continue)(continue reading)
Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard

“- Derek Vinyard: We, as society, grand cops a certain amount of authority to make those calls, because we acknowledge that their job is difficult and dangerous! Very few people respect that and respect that authority.
- Davina Vinyard: Look who's talking about respect here, Mr. Junior KKK.
- Derek Vinyard: What? I didn't say I respect the laws....” (continue)(continue reading)
Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard
Jennifer Lien - Davina Vinyard

“When deep space exploration ramps up, it'll be the corporations that name everything, the IBM Stellar Sphere, the Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks.”
Edward Norton - The Narrator

“- Will Graham: I might not have time.
- Hannibal Lecter: I do. I have oodles.”
Edward Norton - Will Graham
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter

“- Sam: You really don't give a shit if people like you or not?
- Mike Shiner: Not really.
- Sam: That's cool.
- Mike Shiner: Is it? I don't know.”
Emma Stone - Sam
Edward Norton - Mike

“One in every three black males is in some phase of the correctional system. Is that a coincidence or do these people have, you know, like a racial commitment to crime?”
Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard

- Rabbi Jacob "Jake" Schram: Jews want their rabbis to be the kind of Jews they don't have the time to be.
- Father Brian Kilkenney Finn: Yeah, and Catholics want their priests to be the kind of Catholics they don't have the discipline to be.
Ben Stiller - Rabbi Jake Schram
Edward Norton - Father Brian Finn

“Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige.”
Edward Norton - Mike

“- Curtis: Hey man, want a toke?
- Derek Vinyard: Curtis, what are you doing? Weed is for niggers. You put that away right now. Have a little self respect.”
Jordan Marder - Curtis
Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard

“- The Narrator: When people think you're dying, they really, really listen to you, instead of just...
- Marla Singer: Instead of just waiting for their turn to speak?”
Edward Norton - The Narrator
Helena Bonham Carter - Marla Singer