Imogen Poots doesn\u2019t take roles anymore unless she really believes in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn my twenties I didn\u2019t understand the concept of gut and instinct because I hadn\u2019t had enough life experience yet,\u201d says the star of Kristen Stewart\u2019s directorial debut, The Chronology of Water<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Poots also believes actors face a false pressure to take jobs they think will lead to bigger and better roles in the future. But she says one thing she\u2019s learned as an actor is that the only thing you really control is what projects you agree to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI work predominantly in independent film and that was always my dream,\u201d she explains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One of her favorite parts of indie filmmaking is the element of risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe cool thing about independent cinema is when you\u2019re working with someone like Kristen and these other wonderful directors, you don\u2019t know if it\u2019s going to work or not but we all feel the same bone and dust. Our intentions are the same,\u201d she continues. \u201cYou hope this is a long road and there are all of these pressures to ejaculate yourself, for lack of a better term, around the world and it\u2019s very easy to let that happen when you\u2019re younger, even if you feel something is not for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n If other actors have another approach, that\u2019s fine with her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou should go out and have fun and earn money, and take care of yourself and the people you love,\u201d she says. \u201cI just can\u2019t do shit. I\u2019d rather find another way to make money than do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nImogen Poots on Her Emotional Investment in The Chronology of Water<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n