I did a real boot camp once which with The Thin Red Line which was learning military exercises and this was far less strenuous.
ADRIEN BRODYI did a real boot camp once which with The Thin Red Line which was learning military exercises and this was far less strenuous.
ADRIEN BRODYAny experience I had, I’d try to reenact it.
ADRIEN BRODYIt’s been very helpful for my career, but I’m trying to stay on the path I was on before.
ADRIEN BRODYAnd often times it gets manipulated, sometimes intentionally, by pulling things out of context.
ADRIEN BRODYThey might mean well by it, but we are conditioned to be afraid of things.
ADRIEN BRODYAnd then, it’s out of your control.
ADRIEN BRODYPart of what attracted me to the village was it had a lot of parallels to contemporary issues.
ADRIEN BRODYFame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.
ADRIEN BRODYYou meet a pretty girl, you’re different from when you meet a tough kid on the street.
ADRIEN BRODYWhat guides me is to do work that’s more avant-garde – things that I think are special. You can easily become a celebrity and get caught up in all that blur. I just want to work and surprise myself.
ADRIEN BRODYIt’s interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man… life-changing, but I’m just me within that.
ADRIEN BRODYIt’s not like I crave attention all the time.
ADRIEN BRODYThe problem is when you become so well known that everyone is watching you and you don’t have an opportunity to observe.
ADRIEN BRODYI have an intense curiosity. And it would be a shame if I lose the ability to do that.
ADRIEN BRODYMy 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.
ADRIEN BRODYAnd that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.
ADRIEN BRODY