Adam Brody

“I'm a fake intellectual.”

“If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.”

“Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.”

“There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don't care.”

“I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.”

“Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.”

“I have a pretty lousy voice.”

“I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.”

“My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically.”

“I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.”

“It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?”

“I like to always have humour in whatever I do.”

“I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.”

“And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool.”

“It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.”

“I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising.”

“I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.”

“It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.”

“I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.”

“I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.”