I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my own world without ay interruption. And now it's like your brain is getting so trained to check your phone, and there is like a dopamine release every time you get a text whether it's a good or a bad one. I'm really worried about what it's doing to our minds.
Brit MarlingIt seems to be this hot-bed for these ideas and bringing these groups together. You find that the one thing that everybody has in common, whether they're a teenager who has run away from his parents, or a divorcee who lost her husband, is that they all have in common this feeling of searching for a meaning in their lives.
Brit MarlingIf you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.
Brit MarlingThe litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If Im afraid of it, then I want to do it.
Brit MarlingAny man worth his salt loves a feminist. Only men who are afraid of the feminine in themselves are afraid of women.
Brit MarlingI think you get to see, through the different cult members, why people are attracted to a group like this. Everyone is there for a different reason and from a different background. That was part of what was interesting for us, in researching cults and exploring it. A lot of this happens in California.
Brit Marling