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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. — Brit Marling

I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics. — Brit Marling

We're always just telling stories, and stories are always just approximations of the truth. It's never the truth exactly. — Brit Marling

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

Is there anything worse than being called the 'It Girl?' By definition, there will be a new one in two weeks. — Brit Marling

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. — Brit Marling

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

A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience. — Brit Marling

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

Life is beautiful because it doesn't last. — Brit Marling

I think we're scared of intimacy - all of us, a little bit. — Brit Marling

There are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world. — Brit Marling

I think I am looking as an actor to find ways to push myself into places I haven't been before as a human being. — Brit Marling

Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life. — Brit Marling

That's the funny thing about cinema, it is an intellectual medium, but it's also sort of anti-intellectual. — Brit Marling

I think one thing for sure that you learn the more films that you make is how important it is to choose your collaborators. — Brit Marling

Having spent a lot of time trying to figure out screenwriting, I do feel moved and I want to try to write good roles for women of every age. — Brit Marling

I think movies do change people's hearts. — Brit Marling

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. — Brit Marling

I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive. — Brit Marling

Living in Cuba made me unafraid of whatever could happen to me. — Brit Marling

I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect. — Brit Marling

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

A couple of compromises in a row and suddenly you're very far way from the person you thought you were. — Brit Marling

I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me. — Brit Marling

Human beings are flawed and complicated and messy. — Brit Marling

One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book. — Brit Marling

Any man worth his salt loves a feminist. Only men who are afraid of the feminine in themselves are afraid of women. — Brit Marling

The only thing that's important is that every day I'm waking and doing something that I really love to do. — Brit Marling

When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion. — Brit Marling

If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity. — Brit Marling

It doesn't happen all the time, but in the moments where you really lose yourself and you fall into this character, it's like time travel. — Brit Marling

I think what's so attractive about acting is that you get to live several lifetimes in one. — Brit Marling

I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything. — Brit Marling

The most intoxicating thing about being an actor is to surrender to a story that you never would have come up with. — Brit Marling

You are the sum total of the choices you make every day. — Brit Marling

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. — Brit Marling

You know, I can't imagine 9 to 5 writing. That takes some stamina. — Brit Marling