When I go into a pitch room and I’m pitching something with a writing partner, everybody tends to look at the guy, even if I’m doing a lot of the talking. Brit Marling Read Quote
I think what’s so attractive about acting is that you get to live several lifetimes in one. Brit Marling Read Quote
Here’s the thing that I think about life – if you manage to get into a space where you don’t need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you’re pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car! Brit Marling Read Quote
When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film. Brit Marling Read Quote
As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there’s also something about it that every time you really feel like you’re doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you’re capable of it. Brit Marling Read Quote
So 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 Marling Read Quote
I 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 Marling Read Quote
So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women. Brit Marling Read Quote
Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life. Brit Marling Read Quote
