My dad told me, ‘It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success’, and it took me seventeen and a half years.
ADRIEN BRODYAnd then, it’s out of your control.
More Adrien Brody Quotes
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Like, fear and the way fear controls us.
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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 amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing.
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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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It’s great when people appreciate your work, but I don’t know how seriously to take it.
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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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It would be terribly boring to be earnest.
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Something that I’ve always loved and appreciated is the chance to see something about someone’s character.
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And the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world,
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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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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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People think fame and money will bring you happiness.
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Some people may not appreciate your work and some may be incredibly moved by it.
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Film is a time capsule.
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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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