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 MarlingA whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience.
Brit MarlingThe most intoxicating thing about being an actor is to surrender to a story that you never would have come up with.
Brit MarlingBeing 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.
Brit MarlingIf you came from the future and you arrived here, what would you be like? Would your immune system be depressed from that travel? Would you be well? Would you be ill? Would you be affected by micro-organisms of the time period and be hiding out in a basement? How would it all work, practically?
Brit MarlingEventually, if you're the train that's leaving the station, people will race to catch up with you. I think that's one of the things I've figured out. You can't wait for permission to act, you just do; then people are like, "Oh, look at that person just doing over there. Maybe I'll come join them."
Brit Marling