Adrien Brody Quotes
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.
A little bit of attention and kindness can totally change a whole life, and a lack of that can do the same.
I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I'd try to reenact it.
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.
My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.
I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.
Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder.
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.
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.
It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue.
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.
People think fame and money will bring you happiness. Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.
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.