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.
ADRIEN BRODYDoing interviews is very different from working as an actor.
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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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So there’s more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
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Part of what attracted me to the village was it had a lot of parallels to contemporary issues.
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You meet a pretty girl, you’re different from when you meet a tough kid on the street.
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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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We were all kind of thrown into the woods and we didn’t have any of the modern conveniences that we take for granted.
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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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And that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.
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It’s been very helpful for my career, but I’m trying to stay on the path I was on before.
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Not being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors for projects that have some kind of integrity.
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Some people may not appreciate your work and some may be incredibly moved by it.
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I always had an actor within me.
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I think you have to be fair with one another. It’s unfortunate when someone does something that’s not authentic, or not there for any reason other than to draw attention.
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It’s great when people appreciate your work, but I don’t know how seriously to take it.
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Learned how to survive without anything.
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