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" I get heartbroken flying into L.A. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was when it was all wheat fields? Can you imagine what John Steinbeck saw? "

Edward Norton

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Flying

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" I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions. "

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" Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it. "

" I'm a New Yorker, you know. "

" No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor. "

" I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films. "

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" I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government. "

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