I always had an actor within me.
ADRIEN BRODYNot being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors for projects that have some kind of integrity.
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So that isn’t the concern. You have to do what you can do, and share what you feel is appropriate to share in the moment.
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The normal routine is always the same thing whether it’s on a new movie or a new job
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Or maybe we’re all self-conscious to an extent.
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Any experience I had, I’d try to reenact it.
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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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And often times it gets manipulated, sometimes intentionally, by pulling things out of context.
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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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Not being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors for projects that have some kind of integrity.
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It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness.
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If something is incredibly difficult to connect to, and painful, then I have to do a lot of work to connect to that and not joke around or lose sight of my job.
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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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So perhaps we always are acting, in a sense. But you meet someone you feel you admire or you “know,” and it’ll be different for that reason.
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Being just yourself means you’re unselfconscious in that moment.
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Something that I’ve always loved and appreciated is the chance to see something about someone’s character.
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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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It’s something that I don’t want to lose. I like being unnoticed when I don’t feel like being noticed.
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And the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world,
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War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography,
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Film is a time capsule.
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Because the successful actors who’ve been in the game for a while want those roles.
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A little bit of attention and kindness can totally change a whole life, and a lack of that can do the same.
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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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It’s not like I crave attention all the time.
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I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.
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And that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.
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I have an intense curiosity. And it would be a shame if I lose the ability to do that.
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