Any experience I had, I’d try to reenact it.
ADRIEN BRODYIt’s interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man… life-changing, but I’m just me within that.
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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 really had a blast.
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It’s not like I crave attention all the time.
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People think fame and money will bring you happiness.
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And often times it gets manipulated, sometimes intentionally, by pulling things out of context.
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There are the obstacles of your position as an actor.
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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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So there’s more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
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Depending on what my job requirement is, my techniques change.
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Observe and kind of retain it, and study it without feeling like I’m studying it.
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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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Some people may not appreciate your work and some may be incredibly moved by it.
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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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I always had an actor within me.
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I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I’d try to reenact it.
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What 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.
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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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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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Being just yourself means you’re unselfconscious in that moment.
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Film is a time capsule.
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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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So far, it’s an interesting ride, and I’m curious to see what I can find next.
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How the governing body of a town, or a nation, controls us through fear.
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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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And the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world,
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Obviously I’m not there to pick up anybody, but I’m not afraid to hang out in a predominantly gay establishment.
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