In Conversation With Edward Norton
By kamla bhatt • Oct 16th, 2010Category: Entertainment, Featured, Hollywood, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, USA, Video
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Edward Norton
Edward Norton is an actor, director, filmmaker and conservationist. Recently he was appointed as the UN envoy for biodiversity. Norton has won critical acclaim and recognition for his roles in films like Primal Fear, American History X, Fight Club and Painted Veil. In mid-October Norton’s new film Stone directed by John Curran is set to release.
In this interview Norton talks about films, technology, philanthropy and biodiversity. You can watch a short interview of Norton talking about Stone and Robert De Niro.
With reference to filmmaking and acting Norton shares his thoughts on what does draw him to a character. Think complex and layered personalities. He also talks about director Curran’s vision for making Stone and Robert De Niro’s approach to acting.
Besides acting, Norton is deeply interested and involved in conservation and philanthropy work. Earlier this year he created Crowdrise, an online social networking platform that helps raise funds for charities.
In July 2010 he was appointed as the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiveristy, a subject that is of deep interest to him.
You can follow Norton on Twitter.
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
