We put limitations on the way that we think about things, on ourselves, think about all the boxes we live in, male or female, you're this age, that age, this is your job, this is not your job, everything is about getting boxed in.
From Brit Marling
I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open them. I don't have birthday parties, because the idea of a group of people singing and looking at me while I'm blowing out candles gives me hives.
I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive.
Modern life has gotten so strange, we all get 150 emails and text messages a day, and it's hard when things are moving that quickly to keep that sense of wonder about being alive.
A couple of compromises in a row and suddenly you're very far way from the person you thought you were.
Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way.
I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It can be anything.
One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and a story that never would have come out of your mind or heart.
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 want to do it.
A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience.
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