I wasn't interested in going to the school dances. I wasn't interested in going to the football games. What I wanted was to be in my room painting my walls and doing weird stuff. That's what I wanted and I got to do what I wanted, so that, to me, is my high school experience.
Brie LarsonSometimes I laugh with my parents, and sometimes I yell at them, and both are therapeutic.
Brie LarsonI'm looking for something to laugh over. After long enough, your body just needs to keep the hydration. You can't keep crying it out.
Brie LarsonI think that usually I'm just drawn to something that's different from something that I've done previously. Whatever makes me feel something. Whatever makes me excited and connected to it.
Brie LarsonWhenever you want something that you're not going to get, suddenly the whiney 3-year-old comes out in you.
Brie LarsonThe way that I'm feeling the shift in movie industry is that women are allowed to be part of the development process. So I do feel like things are changing because I'm allowed to option books or write an original screenplay or direct. Those possibilities are really wide open. I think that males still struggle to write for females, which is totally fine because I don't think I could write a really impactful male role because that's not the life that I lived. So we'll just keep shouting and say we need more opportunities for not just women but people that are just different.
Brie Larson