Brie Larson Quotes

One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.

I want to work with as many directors as possible because with each director, you learn something new.

I find it very important to keep learning because, as an actor, you get exhausted. You need more emotion, more experience... you need something to base everything on.

I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how to just do things and work with good people.

In terms of tackling different subjects, I can't really think of anything I wouldn't want to try; that's the fun of it right? Each new style brings new challenges - not that you shouldn't focus on one and master it, but it takes so long to make a film, you just want to have some variety.

I'm forever learning and that's why I'm always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop.

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

I'm still learning my craft.

If you look back, you get stuck in a year. I've seen rappers and singers get stuck in 2002 or 2005, and they can't get out.

The importance of art is in the process of doing it, in the learning experience where the artist interacts with whatever is being made.

I try to make sure the projects that I choose are something that will teach me something new, either about myself or about my art.

We'll see what I do after 'Badlands' to show audiences that I have more in my repertoire besides martial arts.

I learn everything with my every film. If we stop learning, we would stop growing as an actor.

An artist must be open to both appreciation and criticism. It's a part of the learning process, or else there is no growth.

I credit Kansas City with my work ethic and learning from the amazing artists that are in that town.

What's needed to be appreciated about Young Zwann is that he is quite receptive to changes, always willing to learn and adapt to new styles. I am sure that given his dedication, he will manage to carve his own space in the music industry.

I always try and find new things to think about and address. That really opens you up as a writer. I can write a lot of what I feel and it helps put it into clearer perspective.

It seems like the world is so fast to move its interest to someone else. When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work. I have admired what they began with and what they're doing now. And now I feel like there's such a weird pressure to find the new face. I don't get it at all. I want to see women evolve. I want to see a body of work. I want to see all of it.

I read the other day that Minor White said it takes twenty years to become a photographer. I think that is a bit of an exaggeration. I would say, judging from myself, that it takes at least eight or nine years. But it does not take any longer than it takes to learn to play the piano or the violin. If it takes twenty years, you might as well forget about it!

The cliché about young actors is that they want to diversify the work that they do to show their range, but it's true. Or at least, for me, I want to keep doing different stuff; doing different work, you see different things.

I think that's all just a bit of luck that I've gotten to do such different stuff. I don't know if it's a good thing to not do something, just 'cause it's too similar to what you've done.

I think the time in between albums, as much as it was not anticipated, it was much-needed, and very helpful, very useful. I've done nothing but hone my craft, and get better, and learn, and gather information in the process. So I'm grateful for it in retrospect.

My writing is different. I think it's better. I think it's deeper. But, strangely enough, it covers a lot of the old ground. Maybe it says it in a more sophisticated way ... but I [have written] about basically the same subjects over the years.