So there’s more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
ADRIEN BRODYWhat 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.
More Adrien Brody Quotes
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How the governing body of a town, or a nation, controls us through fear.
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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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Or maybe we’re all self-conscious to an extent.
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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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You get to know one another very quickly.
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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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Like, fear and the way fear controls us.
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Being just yourself means you’re unselfconscious in that moment.
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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 think part of what makes movies special is that it is a relatively intimate environment and it’s pretty short-lived.
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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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I really had a blast.
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The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing.
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I always had an actor within me.
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there’s always a process of getting to know one another.
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And then, it’s out of your control.
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Some people may not appreciate your work and some may be incredibly moved by it.
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And often times it gets manipulated, sometimes intentionally, by pulling things out of context.
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And the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world,
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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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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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Observe and kind of retain it, and study it without feeling like I’m studying it.
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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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Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.
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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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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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