Actor Quotes by Brit Marling

8 Actor quotes by Brit Marling

Brit Marling provides eight short statements on performance, each hinting at her thoughtful, often introspective take on embodying characters.

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I think I am looking as an actor to find ways to push myself into places I haven't been before as a…

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I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also…

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I think what's so attractive about acting is that you get to live several lifetimes in one.

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As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like…

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One of the things that's awesome about being an actor is that you get to do stories, live lives and have experiences…

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What I like about acting is that you have to be super, super present in the moment. That's not something that comes…

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If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.

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The most intoxicating thing about being an actor is to surrender to a story that you never would have come up with.

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I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my…

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I never want to repeat the same thing. I always want it to be different from what I've done, and to be not quite…

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I think we're in this exciting moment of Internet streaming storytelling, and it's anybody's guess what that is or what it means. It can…

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I think there is a general unrest or curiosity about what a human future is going to be like, and whether the way we're…

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Once you play with these scenes and you're outlining it, again and again, and telling each other the narrative, and telling it to people…

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So much of the world is being brought up on these stories that Hollywood is coming up with and exporting all over. They have…

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I think sometimes big budget means explosions! CGI! CGI, the possibilities are so limitless that it begins to be impractical.

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I'm really into rocks. I have a really serious rock collection. Rocks and feathers and shells and strange found things in nature. I have…

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Human beings are flawed and complicated and messy.

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I think I am looking as an actor to find ways to push myself into places I haven't been before as a human being.

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I think one thing for sure that you learn the more films that you make is how important it is to choose your collaborators.

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I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It…

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