The more time you invest in something, potentially, the deeper the emotional impact of the climax. It's true of relationships, too. Brit Marling More Quotes by Brit Marling More Quotes From Brit Marling The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If Im afraid of it, then I want to do it. Brit Marling tests roles want 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. Brit Marling political philosophy life 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. Brit Marling email modern-life moving For me, fantasy and speculative science fiction are the genres that feel closest to how I feel about being alive. Like, when I feel the most invigorated by just even a walk down the block in twilight, when the street lamps are just coming on and there's mist and some shadowy thing in silhouette in a window, I naturally invest all of those things with deep mythology and mystery and meaning. I think I need to believe in that version of reality because I get very scared when I don't. Brit Marling block twilight believe Any man worth his salt loves a feminist. Only men who are afraid of the feminine in themselves are afraid of women. Brit Marling salt feminist men I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect. Brit Marling excuse thinking I think we're scared of intimacy - all of us, a little bit. Brit Marling scared littles thinking 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. Brit Marling realizing one-day life-is I think there is a general unrest or curiosity about what a human future is going to be like, and whether the way we're living is even sustainable. Brit Marling unrest curiosity thinking 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. Brit Marling actors way thinking I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics. Brit Marling economics mathematics brain 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. Brit Marling kitchen meals editing I feel like developing the muscle of my imagination became a way to survive reality. Brit Marling imagination reality way If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity. Brit Marling humanity missing play Is there anything worse than being called the 'It Girl?' By definition, there will be a new one in two weeks. Brit Marling definitions girl two 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. I think we accept a lot of those boxes, that labeling, and the way that we perceive the world, but what even is perception? It all seems pretty flexible to me. Brit Marling suicide motivational inspirational Life and death and birth is this fantastic mystery that we cannot fully grasp. Brit Marling life-and-death birth mystery My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics. I'm not one of those people who can just spout off numbers for things, if numbers are thrown at me. Brit Marling brain numbers people It doesn't happen all the time, but in the moments where you really lose yourself and you fall into this character, it's like time travel. Brit Marling moments character fall One of the things that's awesome about being an actor is that you get to do stories, live lives and have experiences that you never could have even conceived of, and that's because you're living in another writer's imagination and another director's imagination. Brit Marling live-life imagination directors
