I think part of what makes movies special is that it is a relatively intimate environment and it’s pretty short-lived.
ADRIEN BRODYBecause it’s up to the journalist not only to understand what I’m trying to convey, but to convey that understanding through their process.
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It’s interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man… life-changing, but I’m just me within that.
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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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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 great when people appreciate your work, but I don’t know how seriously to take it.
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And then, it’s out of your control.
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You get to know one another very quickly.
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They might mean well by it, but we are conditioned to be afraid of things.
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Or maybe we’re all self-conscious to an extent.
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Because the successful actors who’ve been in the game for a while want those roles.
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Any experience I had, I’d try to reenact it.
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People think fame and money will bring you happiness.
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If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it’s permanently there as a negative reminder.
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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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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’s not like I crave attention all the time.
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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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Part of what attracted me to the village was it had a lot of parallels to contemporary issues.
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Fear of the unknown. Fear of terrorism. And it’s unfortunate.
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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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How the governing body of a town, or a nation, controls us through fear.
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The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing.
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So there’s more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
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I would imagine it becomes more difficult.
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Film is a time capsule.
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Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.
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Learned how to survive without anything.
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