Adrien Brody

I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I'd try to reenact it.

It would be terribly boring to be earnest.

What guides me is to do work that's more avant-garde - things that I think are special. You can easily become a celebrity and get caught up in all that blur. I just want to work and surprise myself.

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.