Eventually, if you're the train that's leaving the station, people will race to catch up with you. I think that's one of the things I've figured out. You can't wait for permission to act, you just do; then people are… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
Writing so that I can act became a way of having not more control over my future but not having to wait for permission. You can choose yourself. Hmm, who should play this part? I nominate me! — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If I'm afraid of it, then I… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
Maybe the best definition of what a great partnership or great love is when people make each other grow in a better direction than… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
It doesn't happen all the time, but in the moments where you really lose yourself and you fall into this character, it's like time… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
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… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
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… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
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… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
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… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
So much of the world is being brought up on these stories that Hollywood is coming up with and exporting all over. They have… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
I think sometimes big budget means explosions! CGI! CGI, the possibilities are so limitless that it begins to be impractical. — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
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… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
