I think what I've learned most from being an actress is that there's no method. That you have to invent this process over and over and over again, depending on who you're working with and what you're doing. Sarah Polley More Quotes by Sarah Polley More Quotes From Sarah Polley I was concerned about that, because I've always been so specific about doing independent films, but I've never done anything that's so genuinely and ridiculously fun. And that's a great thing, for me to discover that that's possible. Sarah Polley independent done fun I always look for an intense experience, an intense ride. There is nothing better than a good zombie movie where you run crazy and blow at monsters! It was a physical shoot and I enjoyed it. Sarah Polley crazy blow running So I decided to make a film about our need to tell stories, to own our stories, to understand them, and to have them heard. Sarah Polley film stories needs Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon. Sarah Polley horizon opportunity world There is no point trying to figure out who is guilty or not at un-balancing the planet. I think we need to figure out and solve the problems together and not isolate from each other. Sarah Polley together trying thinking I enjoy doing my more intimate and less commercial pictures and also I enjoy directing. Sarah Polley intimate enjoy I'm a control freak and I like to be overprepared, and I'm overly organized and I'm not in the moment a lot of the time. Sarah Polley control-freak freak moments Film and TV is a very hard profession to enter into if you don't have the ability to take a long period of time without making money so you can write, direct or raise financing, or work your way up, often with unpaid internships. It's hard to get into without a lot of connections. You end up with a lot of white people from privilege making films. So we're seeing a lot of the same kinds of stories. Sarah Polley writing long people Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that would be taking a huge risk for me. Sarah Polley playing-roles risk would-be I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge. Sarah Polley welcome next challenges I do tend to take time off. A year and a half ago I went to film school, and before that I had taken years off at a time to be involved politically or this or that. Sarah Polley taken years school We're in this space right now where things are very precarious for women and things in the States are so terrifying. There are so many rollbacks of rights women have gained - and it can happen quickly, more quickly than we think. I think it would be good for us to think back and ahead to protect the space we're in. Sarah Polley be-good protect thinking I feel like we want women to be simpler, less complex, so we project a lot of versions of simplicity onto them to fit that. Sarah Polley fit simplicity I am aware that I've generally been more attracted to introspective roles, but it's sort of bizarre, because it's the opposite of who I am in many ways. I think I'm quite an extroverted, loud person. So it interests me that that's sort of the place that I go all quiet, is when I'm onscreen. It's a bit strange. Sarah Polley strange quiet thinking The only disadvantage to directing if you've been an actor is how self-conscious you are. When I'm directing, I'm always so aware when I'm speaking to an actor of how easily I could throw them off by saying something careless or not being clear or concise. So it does make you watch your words in a way that sometimes is unhelpful. Sarah Polley self doe watches I just feel like it's so amazing every few years when I'm not making a film to act and basically go back to film school and just watch other filmmakers work and try to be a part of somebody else's vision. So I feel like you do use two very different parts of your brain, and it's great to be able to jump back and forth. Sarah Polley two years school Acting is something that I've done since I was so young. I always felt - certainly as a teenager - really cynical about acting. I definitely didn't feel like it was something I wanted to do, and so I really took it for granted. Sarah Polley cynical teenager acting I think that the idea of family is a very powerful and influential and disjointed thing that will always captivate me. Sarah Polley powerful ideas thinking It's hard to give up that amount of control. It's scary to make yourself that vulnerable. Because you might do all kinds of things that are unplanned or are unexpected that maybe don't work, and you have to trust the director to see that and work around those things. I find it really scary. Sarah Polley giving-up scary directors With being a mother, I feel like you choose how you spend your time so much more carefully - which is a good thing. Sarah Polley like-you good-things mother
