I think part of what makes movies special is that it is a relatively intimate environment and it’s pretty short-lived.
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.
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I always had an actor within me.
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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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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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You’d think that you’d be able to convey more through dialogue.
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Because the successful actors who’ve been in the game for a while want those roles.
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Observe and kind of retain it, and study it without feeling like I’m studying it.
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It’s not like I crave attention all the time.
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Like, fear and the way fear controls us.
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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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So far, it’s an interesting ride, and I’m curious to see what I can find next.
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War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography,
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Any experience I had, I’d try to reenact it.
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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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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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And the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world,
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So there’s more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
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And then, it’s out of your control.
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How the governing body of a town, or a nation, controls us through fear.
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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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Being just yourself means you’re unselfconscious in that moment.
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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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There are the obstacles of your position as an actor.
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Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.
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Film is a time capsule.
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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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Not being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors for projects that have some kind of integrity.
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