Having spent a lot of time trying to figure out screenwriting, I do feel moved and I want to try to write good roles for women of every age.
Brit MarlingI 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 MarlingMaybe the best definition of what a great partnership or great love is when people make each other grow in a better direction than they would have grown on their own.
Brit MarlingSo 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 MarlingWhat I like about acting is that you have to be super, super present in the moment. That's not something that comes to me naturally. But if you take the long view on anything, nothing can really affect you or knock you down. It's like, we're here for a blink, we're just the human experiment, one of many experiments going on in the universe, and it's interesting, it's beautiful by fits and starts, but I can't take it that personally. I'm just one of billions of people attempting.
Brit Marling