Edward Norton on Developing a Character

Edward Norton talks about developing his character after a screening of STONE at the AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD. STONE directed by John Curran, starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Milla Jovovich. Nell Minnow moderates a discussion between audience members and Edward Norton about the film and the craft.

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[azeez123123]

THE MOST UNDERRATED ACTOR EVER!!

[TheLockon00]

@azeez123123 Gary Oldman

[gunfan50bmg]

Wow. lol xDDD

[dannydiaz1980]

@WAXTHEFUR my 2 favorites also!!!!! :)

[SCARBAND]

you are jack over examining yourself!

[DowneyGirl17]

crap i live 5 miles from silver spring ,MD ..........

[027Erik]

He was good in Primal Fear

[WAXTHEFUR]

edward norton and daniel day lewis are the best!!!!!

[spxeli]

@TheLockon00 No. That's not what I was saying at all. He should of been nominated and probably should of won an Oscar for best supporting actor for State of Grace (though that performance has flaws as well).

[TheLockon00]

@spxeli continued. I was impressed with his performance in Tinker Tailor, though I thought it was far from his best. If you're saying he's never done an emotional role, then you're utterly mistaken.

[TheLockon00]

@spxeli I guess I misunderstood your first comment. I wasn't sure what you were getting at with this "character driven performance" business. However, method acting is defined as, "A technique of acting in which an actor aspires to complete emotional identification with a part", which sounds quite a bit like what you're harping on Oldman for not doing.

[spxeli]

@TheLockon00 I had huge expectations for Tinker Tailor... I thought he was finally going to give a great performance worthy of an Oscar nomination. I thought it was actually going to be a performance with some depth. But it wasn't. He just was just emotionless the whole movie (i haven't the alec guinness series, so i can't comment) and his performance wasn't even better than anyone else in the movie. That's how his fans are. Every relatively decent thing he does is Oscar worthy.