There are the obstacles of your position as an actor.
ADRIEN BRODYIt’s interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man… life-changing, but I’m just me within that.
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Film is a time capsule.
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I would imagine it becomes more difficult.
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I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that’s kept me in line. Really in line.
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Obviously I’m not there to pick up anybody, but I’m not afraid to hang out in a predominantly gay establishment.
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My parents have raised me with a sense of what’s really important and have given me decent values, and I’m comfortable, but I haven’t lived an excessive lifestyle in the least. And I’ve kept my expenses to a minimum so that I have the freedom to wait.
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You get to know one another very quickly.
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And the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world,
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They might mean well by it, but we are conditioned to be afraid of things.
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The problem is when you become so well known that everyone is watching you and you don’t have an opportunity to observe.
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My dad told me, ‘It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success’, and it took me seventeen and a half years.
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Or maybe we’re all self-conscious to an extent.
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The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing.
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And that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.
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And then, it’s out of your control.
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Being just yourself means you’re unselfconscious in that moment.
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