Ed Norton on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Edward Norton. Actor, director, he moved to New York in early 90's. Norton started in off Broadway theater, then got into film. Ed Norton has won a Golden Globe, and he's nominated for two Academy Awards. Now he's in a new film is called 'The Painted Veil.' It's already playing in Toronto, and it opens across Canada next week. We hooked up with Ed Norton, in Toronto, to talk about that and a bunch of other stuff, But first, here's The Hour's Edward Norton bio.

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[snapnorthern]

for those people saying he has no charisma- he is just intelligent, and gives insightful answers to the questions put to him(unlike most actors). to me it appears he takes his profession seriously. He's a legend actor! primal fear-should have won an oscar.

[achievist]

This is TV interviewing gold. The (flat out) greatest actor of our generation interviewed by one of the best young talk show hosts working today. The collective intelligence is huge.

[UnitedKingdomify]

Bad at accents, though. Gotta have one flaw I guess.

[leopoldvs]

@WelshDegenerate He is indeed very smart...he did a good convincing job playing David Banner too and the "Ultrasonic Cannons" attacking The Hulk were his idea!...so, he's also very creative. THUMBS UP for you :)

[WelshDegenerate]

@leopoldvs He already has directed. And I agree, he should definitely be doing bigger things.

He apparently had a fair deal of creative input on '25th Hour', I watched the interview with him and Spike Lee. He also did on 'Fight Club' and 'American History X' - I believe he always makes his characters smarter...

I think he argued to make Derek Vinyard much more intelligent to make it more realistic and to make the conflict more uncomfortable. He's a smart man.

[leopoldvs]

@WelshDegenerate Maybe he should start directing or producing, he's way too smart and talented to be just an actor. Just my opinion.

[therealggp]

ed norton and tom hanks are the 2 best actors of all time in my opinion

[WelshDegenerate]

What the fuck has happened to Ed man. He's maybe my favourite actor, right up there with Malkovich for me.

He had a few groundbreaking films, then some lowkey ones and hasn't done a decent or big film in quite a while. And quite a few of his recent attempts have tanked, he needs a serious career boost.

[Blubberblase007]

he is incredible talented

a such a nice guy

I love him and his art

[hollykleinman]

@perfectshot77 i feel like @churchy99's comment is relevant. you're looking at the actor as the character, rather than investing in the character along with the story itself. take primal fear, the simple dynamic between quiet, stuttering, altar boy aaron compared to roy, who's strong and can fend for himself. he can switch between those two characters in the blink of an eye and it's all because of how he uses his voice. he has talent and it's his job to make you believe in the story.

[BanglishBoy]

ed norton is ma nigga

[CIarKent]

he looks a lot like james cameron