I’m kind of a morbid person. I’m very optimistic, but I also feel like I’m going to die at any moment. I feel very much aware of my mortality. I’m here, and then I’m not. – Brie Larson
What ‘Short Term 12’ did was it gave me the confidence to explore my intuition more. The healing process that came for me for making that movie and then sharing it with people – I was able to see, first hand, that movies can have a healing power and they can teach us things. – Brie Larson
I was nervous to even talk to other kids in my class. I would hide in my room when my parents had people over. – Brie Larson
The cool thing about designers is they have very specific points of view, and because my inspiration is always changing, it’s easy to go, ‘This feels right.’ But just because I wear fancy dresses on weekends doesn’t mean in my heart of hearts I’m not a jeans and T-shirt person. – Brie Larson
In the past I’ve been very into the falling part, very into the swimming in the dark, deep emotional water. ‘Rampart’ I really went into it and it took me three times as long to get out of that depression as it did to just do the scenes. I had to learn to give it my all and then go home and laugh. – Brie Larson
My dream was always to have a stamp. I feel like people who have a stamp really did something. They really did some acts of service. – Brie Larson
As an adult, there are technical aspects of filmmaking you understand, like having to pick up a cup on the same line every time. – Brie Larson
I’ve always felt like I’ve had the ability to choose which roles I was going to play. I don’t think that the industry agreed with me, but I’ve always had a bit of a headstrong attitude of only doing the things that I really believe in and want to explore. – Brie Larson
I’m just trying to enjoy the fact that I have gained some respect from some people whom I respect. – Brie Larson
I don’t like being able to be reached. I enjoy my solitude. Even people having my phone number seems like too much. – Brie Larson
I’m extremely interested in art, every form of art, but I’m interested in it when it’s good and interested in it when it’s interesting. – Brie Larson
I love discussing social issues, but I’m not interested in scare tactics. I believe there is a way to bring awareness in tandem with forgiveness and love. – Brie Larson
I used to dislike it, but now I like it more and more, feeling small. I like feeling like a little speck. – Brie Larson
I believe in what movies say, and I’m not an actor because I want things to be about me. I have no interest – if there was any way for my face to not be in a movie and still be an actor, I would do it. – Brie Larson
The thing I was always most protective of was my mystery. I worried that if I gave too much of myself, then I would limit the characters I could fall into. – Brie Larson
There isn’t anyone in my life who is going to get upset about how much travelling I have to do or whether or not I’m available for drinks that night. – Brie Larson
I think it’s always the moments that are the trials that end up making you become a hero in the end. You’re not a hero unless you’ve gone through the trials. And it makes these moments so much sweeter, so much better. I don’t believe in ‘deserved,’ but I might believe in ‘earned.’ – Brie Larson
We don’t have to live in a world where everyone reacts perfectly the first time around, and if you don’t, everything falls apart, and no one speaks to you ever again. – Brie Larson
I look at something like ‘Short Term 12,’ and that character has a lot of pain, and I wouldn’t have known how to portray that if I hadn’t experienced pain myself. – Brie Larson
I don’t take roles that are ‘just another role.’ I’m interested in learning more about myself and about humanity. So it should change you by the time it’s done. – Brie Larson
Any movie I’ve done, my character has had a secret. Whether it’s in the movie or not, it is usually never and it’s usually not something I tell anybody. It is for me. – Brie Larson
I get uncomfortable and kind of scared sometimes of certain public situations because, since I’ve been on TV or I’ve appeared in some films, people think this boundary between us has been removed, and I owe them something. – Brie Larson
I have no problem talking about how hard it’s been, how broke I’ve been, and how broke I was not even that long ago. – Brie Larson
