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.
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.
ADRIEN BRODYI 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.
ADRIEN BRODYAnd the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world,
ADRIEN BRODYDoing interviews is very different from working as an actor.
ADRIEN BRODYI 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.
ADRIEN BRODYThe normal routine is always the same thing whether it’s on a new movie or a new job
ADRIEN BRODYMy 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.
ADRIEN BRODYThere are the obstacles of your position as an actor.
ADRIEN BRODYI take a lot less for granted.
ADRIEN BRODYMy dad told me, ‘It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success’, and it took me seventeen and a half years.
ADRIEN BRODYHow the governing body of a town, or a nation, controls us through fear.
ADRIEN BRODYNot being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors for projects that have some kind of integrity.
ADRIEN BRODYIf I have a lack of dedication or focus, it’s permanently there as a negative reminder.
ADRIEN BRODYI bet they didn’t tell you that was in the gift bag.
ADRIEN BRODYIt’s interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man… life-changing, but I’m just me within that.
ADRIEN BRODYObserve and kind of retain it, and study it without feeling like I’m studying it.
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