2. Adrian Brody - The Pianist
Adrien Brody is a man who has suffered for his art. He is also a man, whose fall from grace is one of the biggest on the Hollywood timeline, being the youngest person to win an Oscar for Best Actor for his fantastic portrayal in Roman Polanskis The Pianist, only to now slump in a swarm of mediocrity and poor film choices. To prepare for the role of Wladyslaw Szpillman, and in order to feel more connected with the feeling of loss he felt the role required, Brody sold his possessions and moved away before the production of the film. "I gave up my apartment, I sold my car, I disconnected the phones, and I left," he says. "I took two bags and my keyboard and moved to Europe." His humble outlook towards the role he played, along with the need for the film world to see him at the top of his game is warranted in his sentiments towards the experience: "The beauty of what I do is it gives you the opportunity to give up who you are and attempt to understand someone else, another time, other struggles, other emotions. If you really do experience a lot of them, you connect and it's very rewarding." Brodys disconnection with his material life style, is the best example of the positive moral reasons that more actors should partake in this method in the madness theory of acting.