Emory Cohen Quotes

United States, Actor
March 13, 1990

Emory Isaac Cohen (born March 13, 1990) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Afterschool (2008). He is best known for his roles as AJ Cross in Derek Cianfrance's film The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Tony Fiorello in John Crowley's film Brooklyn (2015) and Homer in the Netflix series The OA (2016).

I come from an intense family - like, we're just intense people. Not bad people or anything, we are just very intense, and I have just always felt like people who weren't like that were just a kind of hiding it, like when I was really young in high school.

Emory Cohen
- People
- Family
- School
I'm kind of an all-or-nothing kind of guy.

Emory Cohen
- Guy

I did 'Pines,' and everybody wanted me to be the bad boy. Then I did Tony in 'Brooklyn,' and everybody wanted me to be the sweet kid. So I just want to keep everybody on their toes. Basically, that was the thought process.

Emory Cohen
- Bad
- Boy
- Sweet
When I was a kid, I saw 'Peter Pan,' and I loved Captain Hook and the Lost Boys because they were the 'bad boys.'

Emory Cohen
- Bad
- Lost
My first two or three films, all I was trying to do was look cool. That's all I knew acting was.

Emory Cohen
- Trying
- Cool
That's what separates actors - I'll take any risk for a performance.

Emory Cohen
- Risk