Not being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors for projects that have some kind of integrity.
ADRIEN BRODYFear of the unknown. Fear of terrorism. And it’s unfortunate.
More Adrien Brody Quotes
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I take a lot less for granted.
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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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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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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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So there’s more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
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And then, it’s out of your control.
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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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Or maybe we’re all self-conscious to an extent.
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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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It’s interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense.
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Film is a time capsule.
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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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Part of what attracted me to the village was it had a lot of parallels to contemporary issues.
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I really had a blast.
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Because 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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You’d think that you’d be able to convey more through dialogue.
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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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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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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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You meet a pretty girl, you’re different from when you meet a tough kid on the street.
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Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.
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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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Like, fear and the way fear controls us.
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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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People think fame and money will bring you happiness.
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It would be terribly boring to be earnest.
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