Brit Marling
Brit Marling
Brit Heyworth Marlingis an American actress, screenwriter and film producer. She first gained recognition in 2004 with the documentary Boxers and Ballerinas and later became a Sundance star with the Searchlight movies Sound of My Voice, Another Earthand The Eastwhich she co-wrote in addition to playing the lead role...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth7 August 1983
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
The 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.
Living in Cuba made me unafraid of whatever could happen to me.
The most intoxicating thing about being an actor is to surrender to a story that you never would have come up with.
So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women.
I feel like I'm a much better person when I'm developing my imagination and my innocence and my vulnerability. I like that version of me better than the version where I'm just working on my analytical mind.
When you're reading Chekov, you're in this world that he's created. I never would have created that world. I don't know anything about that time period or that setting or those groups of people or what those experiences were, but oh my gosh, it's amazing to daydream on it and put yourself there.
I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It can be anything.
A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience.
A couple of compromises in a row and suddenly you're very far way from the person you thought you were.
I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive.
So much of the world is being brought up on these stories that Hollywood is coming up with and exporting all over. They have so much power and influence, so it's really important that they represent women properly.
I think there is a general unrest or curiosity about what a human future is going to be like, and whether the way we're living is even sustainable.
I'd love to do anything that is outside of my comfort zone, that I've never done before. Whenever I think about something that I want to take on, I like it if it makes me a bit nervous, or makes me feel like I don't know exactly that I can pull it off.
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.