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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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Brit Marling
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: August 7
Actor
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Brit Heyworth Marling
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I feel like success to me is about feeling like I have done something in storytelling, where I've gotten close to articulating something intangible that I'm feeling, and I think I get closer every time, but I don't know that I've done that yet.
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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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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 only thing that's important is that every day I'm waking and doing something that I really love to do.
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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.
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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 feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and my vulnerability. I like that version of me better than the version where I'm just working on my analytical mind.
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I totally love my job, and I wake up every day basically thinking about how can I do my job better. It never feels like a job. It's hard, and it's exhausting sometimes, but it never feels like - I would do this even if they didn't pay me to do it. That's a pretty amazing feeling.
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