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.
ADRIEN BRODYMy dad told me, ‘It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success’, and it took me seventeen and a half years.
More Adrien Brody Quotes
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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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Something that I’ve always loved and appreciated is the chance to see something about someone’s character.
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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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Like, fear and the way fear controls us.
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I take a lot less for granted.
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And that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.
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The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing.
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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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If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it’s permanently there as a negative reminder.
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So there’s more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
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Doing interviews is very different from working as an actor.
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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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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.
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Some people may not appreciate your work and some may be incredibly moved by it.
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I always had an actor within me.
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