Adrien Brody

I've been producing projects, and I hope that It's inevitable one day that I direct a film. I have a lot of things I want to do.

I always had an actor within me.

Obviously I'm not there to pick up anybody, but I'm not afraid to hang out in a predominantly gay establishment.

It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.

I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.

What guides me is to do work that's more avant-garde - things that I think are special. You can easily become a celebrity and get caught up in all that blur. I just want to work and surprise myself.

It would be terribly boring to be earnest.

I love the accessibility that my great nation affords us, but it is virtually inescapable for most people in America, and many places abroad, to rely on inexpensive yet unhealthy meals as a main source of sustenance.

The only reason to do a television series is to make it successful. And if it is successful, that's a six or seven year commitment.

Luca Changretta's not someone you want to be at odds with. It's a fantastic opportunity for me, and he's a fascinating character.

I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I'd try to reenact it.

I've been painting and drawing fish since I was very young. My mom found old pictures I did when I was around 6 or 7 of all these sharks and scuba diver looking back, a big ship, throwing a harpoon. There was already a message within what I saw.

I've been very lucky to work with great filmmakers. But I think my days of just freely acting regularly, that being my sole creative fulfillment, are gone.

I grew up around New York, graffiti culture.

Art can go beyond certain boundaries or blindness that we would have without that.

You go to a theater, you're in a darkened room, and you watch someone that you don't really know how many children they have or what their father's nickname might be; you don't have references and databases and rumors and half-truths - you're just transported by their storytelling.

I've been taking a lot of time to paint and be in nature. I would say I'm happier as a person. More centered. More free.

The odd thing is how, I think, the intensity and devotion to my craft and the intensity of certain performances or types of roles I've played overshadow the comedic stints that I've had. 'Darjeeling Limited' is a comedy; The 'Brothers Bloom' is a comedy.

The more I have a sincere connection to something, the less acting is required. And the more it's about creating the space to feel that connection and to feel that shift from yourself. And start interpreting things through new eyes.

You'd be surprised how difficult it is relinquish a cell phone.

All commitments require sacrifice and hardship.

I was depressed for a year after 'The Pianist,' and I don't suffer from that, generally. It wasn't just a depression; it was a mourning.

Maybe I'm a bit superstitious, but I don't like to talk about anything until I've done it.

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.

I think there's a lot of catastrophe in this world and a lot of cruelty and a lot of carelessness.