My dad told me, ‘It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success’, and it took me seventeen and a half years.
ADRIEN BRODYIf I have a lack of dedication or focus, it’s permanently there as a negative reminder.
More Adrien Brody Quotes
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there’s always a process of getting to know one another.
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Being just yourself means you’re unselfconscious in that moment.
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How the governing body of a town, or a nation, controls us through fear.
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There are the obstacles of your position as an actor.
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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 not like I crave attention all the time.
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Because the successful actors who’ve been in the game for a while want those roles.
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They might mean well by it, but we are conditioned to be afraid of things.
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Learned how to survive without anything.
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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 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.
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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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It would be terribly boring to be earnest.
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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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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 often times it gets manipulated, sometimes intentionally, by pulling things out of context.
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And then, it’s out of your control.
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It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness.
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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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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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Like, fear and the way fear controls us.
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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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Fear of the unknown. Fear of terrorism. And it’s unfortunate.
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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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So there’s more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
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The normal routine is always the same thing whether it’s on a new movie or a new job
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