Quotes by Adrien Brody

About Adrien Brody:

Adrien Brody is an American actor. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29, making him the youngest actor to win in that category. Brody is also the only male American actor to receive the French César Award.
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It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.

Adrien Brody

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

Adrien Brody

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

Adrien Brody

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.

Adrien Brody

It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue.

Adrien Brody

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

Adrien Brody

I always had an actor within me.

Adrien Brody

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

Adrien Brody

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.

Adrien Brody

It would be terribly boring to be earnest.

Adrien Brody

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.

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War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography, I would imagine it becomes more difficult.

Adrien Brody

Author Bio

  • NameAdrien Brody
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornApril 14, 1972
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actor; César Award For Best Actor