The problem is if you play enough of parts in films that are sort of more financial products than anything or films in which the girl is a thankless, thoughtless, underwritten character along the way, you're no longer the person who had something fresh or vital to offer. I think it really does start to diminish some part of you, to put yourself through things you don't really want to be doing.
Brit MarlingI think I am looking as an actor to find ways to push myself into places I haven't been before as a human being.
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 MarlingI feel like, when the audience connects with something, they enjoy the experience so much that they want other people to go have it. They're like, "Don't talk about it. Don't tell. Just go!" It's a nice feeling to have people coming around it that way, protecting the ideas in it, so that everyone can see it for themselves.
Brit Marling