The most intoxicating thing about being an actor is to surrender to a story that you never would have come up with.
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 MarlingSometimes big budget means explosions! CGI! CGI, the possibilities are so limitless that it begins to be impractical. I'm more interested in the kinds of movies where the science fiction world has a set series of rules and you operate in it because of, maybe, constraints in the budget.
Brit MarlingA couple of compromises in a row and suddenly you're very far way from the person you thought you were.
Brit MarlingOne of my favorite stories growing up was A Wrinkle in Time. I loved that book. I still remember the image, so strongly, of all the kids coming out of their house at the same time, they're all bouncing a ball at the same time, and they all go back in at the same time. A Wrinkle in Time moved me deeply.
Brit Marling