Brit Marling

“I think sometimes big budget means explosions! CGI! CGI, the possibilities are so limitless that it begins to be impractical.”

“I think I realized very early on that you can spend a lot of time constructing a really perfect scene in final draft and just end up throwing it away because you didn't figure out that mathe...”

“Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.”

“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.”

“I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive.”

“Life is beautiful because it doesn't last.”

“The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If I'm afraid of it, then I want to do it.”

“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.”

“Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way.”

“You are the sum total of the choices you make every day.”

“One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and a story that never would have come out of your mind or heart...”

“Living in Cuba made me unafraid of whatever could happen to me.”

“One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.”