I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics.
Brit MarlingThere are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world.
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 MarlingThat's the funny thing about cinema, it is an intellectual medium, but it's also sort of anti-intellectual.
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