120 Quotes by Brit Marling

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

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.

Modern life has gotten so strange, we all get 150 emails and text messages a day, and it's hard when things are moving that quickly to keep that sense of wonder about being alive.

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.

We put limitations on the way that we think about things, on ourselves, think about all the boxes we live in, male or female, you're this age, that age, this is your job, this is not your job, everything is about getting boxed in. I think we accept a lot of those boxes, that labeling, and the way that we perceive the world, but what even is perception? It all seems pretty flexible to me.

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

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

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

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.