Adrien Brody
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Yes, it's a remarkable thing to find something that speaks to a struggle, a resiliency and a sense of something so intimate like my mother's journey of fleeing Hungary and my grandparents and having to leave everything behind and Those hardships that not only speak to me personally, but to so many from many different backgrounds.
And I just was in awe when I read the script and feeling how right I was for this role.
And I just was in awe when I read the script and feeling how right I was for this role.
And I just was in awe when I read the script and feeling how right I was for this role.
Well, those stories are very intimate to me. You know, there's a very interesting parallel with... the character that I play, Laszlo Toth, who is this Hungarian architect who really finds purpose and how his work, even how the works of architects of that era were really informed by the traumas of post-war times.
Well, those stories are very intimate to me. You know, there's a very interesting parallel with... the character that I play, Laszlo Toth, who is this Hungarian architect who really finds purpose and how his work, even how the works of architects of that era were really informed by the traumas of post-war times.
Well, those stories are very intimate to me. You know, there's a very interesting parallel with... the character that I play, Laszlo Toth, who is this Hungarian architect who really finds purpose and how his work, even how the works of architects of that era were really informed by the traumas of post-war times.
of that time and how that influenced the architecture to come and I feel like my mother as an artist and her beautiful sensitivity and empathy for others all of that is enhanced from her own struggles and her own consciousness of the struggles of others but she she shared so much along the years with me both stories of my grandparents and
of that time and how that influenced the architecture to come and I feel like my mother as an artist and her beautiful sensitivity and empathy for others all of that is enhanced from her own struggles and her own consciousness of the struggles of others but she she shared so much along the years with me both stories of my grandparents and
of that time and how that influenced the architecture to come and I feel like my mother as an artist and her beautiful sensitivity and empathy for others all of that is enhanced from her own struggles and her own consciousness of the struggles of others but she she shared so much along the years with me both stories of my grandparents and
her having to say goodbye to her friends without, she was only told she was having to flee the day before they left. How old was she? She was 13 and she had to say goodbye to her best friend and went to her house and her friend said, okay, well, I'll see you later. And my mother didn't quite have a response and said, hopefully, or something along those lines where she knew what was coming.
her having to say goodbye to her friends without, she was only told she was having to flee the day before they left. How old was she? She was 13 and she had to say goodbye to her best friend and went to her house and her friend said, okay, well, I'll see you later. And my mother didn't quite have a response and said, hopefully, or something along those lines where she knew what was coming.
her having to say goodbye to her friends without, she was only told she was having to flee the day before they left. How old was she? She was 13 and she had to say goodbye to her best friend and went to her house and her friend said, okay, well, I'll see you later. And my mother didn't quite have a response and said, hopefully, or something along those lines where she knew what was coming.
Wasn't able to tell her friend.
Wasn't able to tell her friend.
Wasn't able to tell her friend.
So those kind of moments are those big ones in our lives.
So those kind of moments are those big ones in our lives.
So those kind of moments are those big ones in our lives.
Yeah, it was also, she's done remarkably well, and she's a real incredible artist. Sylvia Plahi, I don't know if we've referenced her, but she is a... I'll meet people quite often in New York who say, oh, yeah, yeah, I know who you are, but your mom, she's the artist. And she's done such great, great things and has devoted her life to that.