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A lot of people think, 'I'll give acting or poetry or filmmaking a try. And if it doesn't work out I'll go get a law degree, do something else that's more practical.' For me I went the reverse way. I lived the back-up plan.

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Brit Marling
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: August 7
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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!
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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.
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So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women.
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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 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 take on any form. That's what's so exciting about the time we're in these filmmakers are coming in and letting the story tell itself as it wants to be told.
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Is there anything worse than being called the 'It Girl?' By definition, there will be a new one in two weeks.
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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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Life is beautiful because it doesn't last.
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Being a waitress can be a very brutal job sometimes, and I remember during the training, the person said to me, The redder the lips, the better the tips, and that was like the only advice she gave me.
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I feel like developing the muscle of my imagination became a way to survive reality.
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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.
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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.
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There are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world.
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The more time you invest in something, potentially, the deeper the emotional impact of the climax. It's true of relationships, too.
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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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Because we're watching so many movies and are consumed by so many stories, science fiction lets you do something a bit fresh and that hasn't been seen before.
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Living in Cuba made me unafraid of whatever could happen to me.
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Life and death and birth is this fantastic mystery that we cannot fully grasp.
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I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive.
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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.
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