Adrien Brody Quotes
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People think fame and money will bring you happiness. Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.
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Life is very complicated. I look to collaborate with artistic people and to go into an endeavor without judgment and to hopefully be treated with the same.
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I think there's a lot of catastrophe in this world and a lot of cruelty and a lot of carelessness.
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It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.
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In my work as an actor, I have been given even greater insights and have been guided towards empathy and a consciousness of those who are less fortunate.
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Some roles require less, and some roles require a great deal of commitment.
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My work as an actor is limited by the voice of the director and the writing.
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It would be terribly boring to be earnest.
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All commitments require sacrifice and hardship.
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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, I would imagine it becomes more difficult.
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I did a real boot camp once which with The Thin Red Line which was learning military exercises and this was far less strenuous. I really had a blast. We were all kind of thrown into the woods and we didn't have any of the modern conveniences that we take for granted. Learned how to survive without anything.
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You'd be surprised how difficult it is relinquish a cell phone.
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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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It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.
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Part of what attracted me to the village was it had a lot of parallels to contemporary issues. Like, fear and the way fear controls us. How the governing body of a town, or a nation, controls us through fear. They might mean well by it, but we are conditioned to be afraid of things. Fear of the unknown. Fear of terrorism. And it's unfortunate.
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The normal routine is always the same thing whether it's on a new movie or a new job - there's always a process of getting to know one another. I think part of what makes movies special is that it is a relatively intimate environment and it's pretty short-lived - you get to know one another very quickly.
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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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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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Being just yourself means you're unselfconscious in that moment. Or maybe we're all self-conscious to an extent. You meet a pretty girl, you're different from when you meet a tough kid on the street. 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. So far, it's an interesting ride, and I'm curious to see what I can find next.
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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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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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Doing interviews is very different from working as an actor, 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. And often times it gets manipulated, sometimes intentionally, by pulling things out of context. Some people may not appreciate your work and some may be incredibly moved by it. 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. And then, it's out of your control.
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Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder.
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It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness, and the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world, I take a lot less for granted.