I’ve had to fight for roles and I’ve lost a hundred roles, but ‘Smoking’ and ‘Smith’ were phone calls. That’s the dream.
ADAM BRODYI want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising.
More Adam Brody Quotes
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I like an interesting movie even if it’s controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.
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I wish I came from a more pure place. I don’t have something to say from the bottom of my soul. I just know how to take stuff I like and repackage it in a slightly different way.
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It helps if you don’t date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?
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Comic books aren’t nerdy. You’d have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows.
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I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I’d want to kick my own ass.
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Most of the time, my favorite drama has comedy in it as well. I think most good dramas have comedy in there. And all of the dramatic actors I look up to are also very funny.
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I always knew I was going to die in space.
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I like great directors who are scarce. Prolific ones are nice too but for me, there’s something about the scarcity that makes it all the more valuable.
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It’s bad writing, however naturalistic it’s written, that’s where you have to do your best acting.
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I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you’re a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that’s pretty cool.
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My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically.
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I do think that sometimes you can invent more palatable or digestible reasons versions or reasons, when perhaps you don’t want to admit the truth to yourself, and sometimes we deceive ourselves – along with others – about our reasons and motives.
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I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising.
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Okay, using the dreaded middle name is not the best way to forge a bond.
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I started a band [Big Japan] for fun. These sticks break easily, but they feel good.
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If I don’t direct a movie at some point, I’ve failed personally.
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Welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt.
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Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.
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I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.
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I don’t know anyone who’s going to see Grind 22 times in the theater. My mom. Some kid who has short-term memory loss and forgot that he’s seen it.
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There’s no conversation more boring than talking about what it’s really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don’t care.
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You know, you’re a great barbecuetionist.
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I have been in teen shows for years, so doing that stuff – kissing – is kind of commonplace and not a big deal. It was way more cool just because it was Meg Ryan.
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I have a pretty lousy voice.
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I just graduated from high school, and I was working at Blockbuster. Not only did I get into movies while I was there, but I was putting away boxes and looking at the kids on the covers. It felt like windows into these seemingly perfect lives.
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