People think fame and money will bring you happiness.
ADRIEN BRODYIt’s been very helpful for my career, but I’m trying to stay on the path I was on before.
More Adrien Brody Quotes
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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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Any experience I had, I’d try to reenact it.
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Some people may not appreciate your work and some may be incredibly moved by it.
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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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there’s always a process of getting to know one another.
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I bet they didn’t tell you that was in the gift bag.
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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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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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I always had an actor within me.
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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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So there’s more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
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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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And the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world,
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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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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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I take a lot less for granted.
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You get to know one another very quickly.
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I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.
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They might mean well by it, but we are conditioned to be afraid of things.
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Being just yourself means you’re unselfconscious in that moment.
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It would be terribly boring to be earnest.
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You meet a pretty girl, you’re different from when you meet a tough kid on the street.
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It’s not like I crave attention all the time.
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Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.
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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 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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