Cody Brown breaks from his busy schedule for a little Q & A on inspirations.
Q. What got you interested in acting?
A. The chance and ability to live as different people in different realities broadened my comprehension of the interconnectedness and similarities of us all. Existing, even for a moment, in another’s situation has given great introspection to my own life.
Q. Which actors have influenced and inspired you?
- Gary Oldman
- Jack Nicholson
- Robin Williams
- Benicio del Torro
- Johnny Depp
- Sam Rockwell
- Gene Wilder
- Peter Sellers
- Jim Carrey
- Brad Pitt
- Tom Hanks
- John Malkovich
- Jack Lemmon
- Al Pacino
- Bill Murray
- Kevin Spacey
- Clive Owens
- Morgan Freeman
- Sir Anthony Hopkins
- Sir Ian McKellen
- Sir Peter O’Toole
- and Daniel Day Lewis
Q. Which actors would you most like to work with?
A. Any and all of the previously mentioned who are still living
Q. Favorite Movies?
- True Romance
- Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
- Pulp Fiction
- Alice in Wonderland
- The Wizard of Oz
- Easy Rider
- The Fountain
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- High Fidelity
- 300
- Sin City
- Fight Club
- Snatch
- Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Trainspotting
- Being John Malkovich
- Chinatown
- SE7EN
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest
- Cool Hand Luke
- Buthch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- The Neverending Story
- The Labrynth
- The Dark Crystal
- The Usual Suspects
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Caroline
- A Nightmare Before Christmas
- A Few Good Men
- Evil Dead trilogy
- Across the Universe
- Gangs of New York
- 40 Year Old Virgin
- Knocked Up
- Pineapple Express
- The Princess Bride
- When Harry Met Sally
- Blazing Saddles
- Young Frankenstein
- The Producers
- The Boy’s Next Door
- Momento
- SLC Punk
- O’ Brother Where Art Thou?
- The Big Lebowski
- Reservoir Dogs
- Kill Bill series
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
- Sid & Nancy
- Kung Fu Panda
- Iron Man
- Interview with a Vampire
- Blow
- Chocolat
- and anything by Kubrick
Q. Favorite Music?
- Radiohead
- Ween
- Mofro
- Modest Mouse
- Led Zeppelin
- Pink Floyd
- Credence Clearwater Revival
- Bob Dylan
- Pearl Jam
- Greatful Dead
- Sublime
- Smashing Pumpkins
- The Beatles
- Air
- Tool
- A Perfect Circle
- King Crimson
- Jack Johnson
- MF Doom
- Deltron
- Aesop Rock
- Gorillaz
- Janis Joplin
- Jimi Hendrix
- White Stripes
- Neil Young,
- Easy Star All-Stars
- Tom Waits
- Eric Clapton
- The Doors
- The Doobie Brothers
- The Presidents of the United States of America
- Nirvana
- Soundgarden
- Stevie Ray Vaughn
- Robert Johnson
- Queens of the Stoneage
- The Schwag
- Beastie Boys
- Bob Marley
- Mogwai
- Infected Mushroom
- String Cheese Incident
- Xavier Rudd
- Ben Miller
Q. Favorite Authors?
- Carlos Castenada
- H P Lovecraft
- Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Henry David Thoreau
- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemmens)
- William Shakespeare
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Edgar Allen Poe
- Michael Talbot
- Anthony Burgess
- Daniel Quinn
- Milan Kundera
- Robert Frost
- Wilfred Owen
- Richard Bach
- C S Lewis
- J R R Tolkien
- Isaac Asimov
- Miyamoto Musashi
Q. Special Skills/Interests?
A. I enjoy playing guitar, didgeridoo, harmonica, and djembe. I like riding horses, motorcycles and pretty much anything I can hold on to.
I like drawing, sculpting, painting, woodwork, stonework, and most other artistic mediums. I love to contact juggle, poi, and hacky sack.
I can’t get enough of hiking, climbing, biking, camping, and most anything outdoors. I take great interest as well in reading, conversing, and meditating.