Zitat des Tages von Brit Marling:
As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it.
One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.
I've found myself at one in the morning just sitting at my desk spending an hour returning emails from the day until like two in the morning. It's ridiculous, I should be sleeping, or dreaming, or reading a novel.
Living in Cuba made me unafraid of whatever could happen to me.
So at some point you realize that your life is not just going to start one day in the future, that you're living it.
Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.
I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics.
When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film.
Human beings are flawed and complicated and messy.
I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.
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!
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.
Is there anything worse than being called the 'It Girl?' By definition, there will be a new one in two weeks.
You know, I can't imagine 9 to 5 writing. That takes some stamina.
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.
When I go into a pitch room and I'm pitching something with a writing partner, everybody tends to look at the guy, even if I'm doing a lot of the talking.
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.
Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you're pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car!
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.
Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.
The only thing that's important is that every day I'm waking and doing something that I really love to do.
I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also just go out and live life and have experiences.
I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything.
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.