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I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.
— Adrien Brody
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Adrien Brody
actor, film actor, voice actor, film producer, television actor
1973
Adrien Nicholas Brody is an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Polish pianist Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist (2002) becoming the youngest actor to win the award at age 29. Brody received a second win in the same category for his role as Hungarian brutalist architect László Tóth in Brady Corbet's period epic The Brutalist (2024). He has received several other accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award with nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2025, Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 most influential people.
All Quotes by Adrien Brody
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I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.
— Adrien Brody
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I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I'd try to reenact it.
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It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.
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Painting, music, photography, and visual art have been creative forms of expression for me for decades.
— Adrien Brody