Tanya Mosley

If you're just joining us, my guest is Oscar and Golden Globe winning actor Adrian Brody. We're talking about his new film, The Brutalist, which just won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.

If you're just joining us, my guest is Oscar and Golden Globe winning actor Adrian Brody. We're talking about his new film, The Brutalist, which just won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.

I know you've been acting since you were very young. How old were you when you first started?

I know you've been acting since you were very young. How old were you when you first started?

I know you've been acting since you were very young. How old were you when you first started?

12 years old is a remarkably young age to feel so directed and passionate in what you do. Were your parents leading you? Were you leading the charge? How did it come about that you took this on at that age?

12 years old is a remarkably young age to feel so directed and passionate in what you do. Were your parents leading you? Were you leading the charge? How did it come about that you took this on at that age?

12 years old is a remarkably young age to feel so directed and passionate in what you do. Were your parents leading you? Were you leading the charge? How did it come about that you took this on at that age?

It wasn't just a public school. You're talking about the school, the high school that the film Fame was based on, right? That's where you went to high school.

It wasn't just a public school. You're talking about the school, the high school that the film Fame was based on, right? That's where you went to high school.

It wasn't just a public school. You're talking about the school, the high school that the film Fame was based on, right? That's where you went to high school.

What was that first role? What were your roles when you were first starting out at 12?

What was that first role? What were your roles when you were first starting out at 12?

What was that first role? What were your roles when you were first starting out at 12?

You talk quite a bit about your mother and your father's influence. Your mother, this noted photographer. She used to be a staff photographer for the Village Voice, you say. People will say to you, oh, you are the son of Sylvia because she's so well-respected. And your father is an educator. But I'm curious, growing up, how did your mother's work and seeing her in her creativity change?

You talk quite a bit about your mother and your father's influence. Your mother, this noted photographer. She used to be a staff photographer for the Village Voice, you say. People will say to you, oh, you are the son of Sylvia because she's so well-respected. And your father is an educator. But I'm curious, growing up, how did your mother's work and seeing her in her creativity change?

You talk quite a bit about your mother and your father's influence. Your mother, this noted photographer. She used to be a staff photographer for the Village Voice, you say. People will say to you, oh, you are the son of Sylvia because she's so well-respected. And your father is an educator. But I'm curious, growing up, how did your mother's work and seeing her in her creativity change?

maybe influence your thoughts on the perceptions on what you could be? And had you thought about being anything else? Was acting just like a foregone conclusion?

maybe influence your thoughts on the perceptions on what you could be? And had you thought about being anything else? Was acting just like a foregone conclusion?

maybe influence your thoughts on the perceptions on what you could be? And had you thought about being anything else? Was acting just like a foregone conclusion?