I think we're in this exciting moment of Internet streaming storytelling, and it's anybody's guess what that is or what it means. It can take on any form. That's what's so exciting about the time we're in; these filmmakers are coming in and letting the story tell itself as it wants to be told.
Brit MarlingIt 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 MarlingA couple of compromises in a row and suddenly you're very far way from the person you thought you were.
Brit MarlingI couldn't be a novelist for instance. It feels like a very lonely endeavor. I don't know that I could survive the solitude of that.
Brit MarlingOnce you play with these scenes and you're outlining it, again and again, and telling each other the narrative, and telling it to people you know, trying to make sure that the mathematics of the story work, you feel that those are in place, and the actual writing and final draft doesn't take as long.
Brit Marling