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Brie Larson

American Actress

Born: Oct 1, 1989

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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

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I started watching so many different types of women, saw all the complexities of them, all the ways and the look and shapes they could be, and I felt it was missing for me in American film. I didn't see anybody I was watching in movies that felt like me. I felt rather tortured and lonely about it. Brie Larson

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I know it's odd. But when I was getting scuba certified, it was explained very early on that you never get to just strap on a tank and jump into the ocean. You have to know how deep you're going, and the deeper you go, the less amount of time you stay down there - and it takes longer to get to the surface. Brie Larson

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'Short Term 12' was such a marathon. It's like trying to convey the same emotional depth as 'The Gambler' but with less time and a fingernail's worth of the budget. Brie Larson

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I've been so impressed by the material that's been sent to me, but I don't think that's because it's me. Brie Larson

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My first acting gig was a skit for Jay Leno on 'The Tonight Show.' It was this Barbie commercial where I got to pour mud all over Barbie dolls and watch the heads pop off. It was so exciting, a lot of fun. Brie Larson

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When you audition for something, and you book it, you think, 'Okay, well, I got the job, and now I actually have to show up on set and do it.' So, you show up on set, and you don't know, 'Am I going to get swallowed up by these people?' Brie Larson

I like working, I just don't like to get involved in the competitiveness of it. Brie Larson

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I just really like learning. I have to keep using my brain; otherwise, I get depressed. Brie Larson

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There are so many opportunities to learn things online, like between Coursera and Khan Academy and Duolingo. There are these awesome websites that are kind of these little personal Aristotles. There are times when I'm preparing for a role of some kind, and then I'll focus on a certain subject. Brie Larson

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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

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I'm a bit of a lurker on Reddit. Brie Larson

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I was born in Sacramento but moved to Los Angeles with my mom and my little sister when I was seven. Brie Larson

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I made three or four different fonts during 'Short Term 12' -' it was how I'd calm my mind between scenes. I have graph paper and gel pens, and I would do the alphabet: just do 'a' over and over again until I got it perfect and then go to 'b' and then 'c'. Brie Larson

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I think I was always a little sponge as a kid, and I was always looking for more information constantly. Brie Larson

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Anything that keeps me off balance is vital. Brie Larson

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Any time I was at Trader Joes, and the person bagging my stuff would be like, 'Did I go to college with you? How do I know you?' Then it took awhile, and suddenly people were like, 'Oh, you are the girl from 'United States of Tara.' Brie Larson

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I'm not sure what it means fully to be a parent. Brie Larson

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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

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I want to get better and better at my craft. Brie Larson

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