58 Greta Gerwig Quotes for You to Enjoy

Greta Gerwig

American Actress

Born: Aug 4, 1983

Always Love Me People Think You

Related authors: Ali Wong Ariana Grande Bette Davis Carol Burnett Lily Tomlin Mae West Marilyn Monroe Teri Garr

I stopped being interested in improvisation, and I continue to not be that interested in it. Comedians can do it on a different level because they have a goal, but if you're improvising something that's dramatic, there's not that much to be good at. Greta Gerwig

Good You Dramatic Something Comedians Because Continue Goal Improvisation Improvising Stopped Being Different Interested Different Level Much Level

I feel like every year there's a thing about 'not enough roles for ladies!' and, then, also an article, like 'The Year of The Woman.' I think that we all just know in our hearts they're underrepresented. But that doesn't mean that there aren't amazing moments. Greta Gerwig

When I was a kid, I used to do my homework in the living room, where there was a picture window. I was hoping that someone would walk by and see me looking very studious in my living room. Greta Gerwig

Me Walk Picture Looking Living Homework Kid Would Hoping See Window Someone Studious Very Where Room Used Living Room

It's really hard for me to be around people I admire. Greta Gerwig

Me People Admire Around Really Hard

I thought Mia Hansen-Love was a true auteur, and I always wanted to work with her. Mia's empathy for her characters and her ability to use the language of cinema to communicate real human depth is extraordinary. She's a humanist. Greta Gerwig

Acting was always the first love, but a lot of people want to be actors, and my goal was, 'Come hell or high water, I will be a part of this world, however I can.' So that just led me to throwing myself into every aspect of narrative storytelling I could. Greta Gerwig

Love Myself Me People World Water Will First Hell Every High Could Throwing Part Come First Love Narrative Always However Goal Led Lot Just Want Storytelling Aspect Acting Actor

I love writing, and I think I'm kind of a workaholic. I'm happiest when I'm working. Greta Gerwig

Love Writing Think Kind Happiest Workaholic Working

For me, the French new wave is Truffaut and Rohmer. Godard I sometimes have trouble with because he's very much of a director's director. I feel Truffaut is such a humanist, and I always go in that direction. Greta Gerwig

Me Director Sometimes Trouble Wave Direction He Feel New French Because Always Go Very Much Humanist

There's something very satisfying about old cameras because they're ingenious. I mean when you take them apart and actually see, 'Oh, this is how we make photographs,' it's an ingenious thing, but it feels like it's in a way a layman can appreciate, whereas a digital camera, I don't even begin to know what goes into making a digital camera. Greta Gerwig

You Old Digital Way Photographs See About Something Layman Take Feels Like Know Make Because How Making Camera Cameras Very Begin Goes Oh Whereas Apart Mean Them Ingenious Even Satisfying Actually Thing Appreciate

I always have a soft spot in my heart for New York designers and independent designers, people who are doing the fashion equivalent of what I'm trying to do in film. Greta Gerwig

Fashion Heart People Soft Spot Independent New Spot Always Equivalent Doing Trying York New York Who Film Designers Soft

Young Harrison Ford, what a dreamboat. Greta Gerwig

Young Harrison Ford Ford

I'd applied to graduate school for playwriting, and I got rejected by every school. I felt that theatre was closed but that, when it came to film, the door was very slightly ajar. If I have any virtues, it's that I'm good at walking through doors that are slightly ajar. Greta Gerwig

I've made so many films in New York. There was an assumption I think a lot of people had that I am a New Yorker, that I am from New York, and I always felt like nothing could be further from the truth. Greta Gerwig

The Catholic theatrics are pretty high quality, but the Protestants have better hymns. Greta Gerwig

Quality Better High Pretty High-Quality Hymns Catholic

When you write something you know, you're making a story that will work, whether or not there's bits taken. It's always funny to me when people say, 'Well, it's clearly autobiographical,' and I say, 'Well, how do you know my autobiography?' Certainly, there are things that are connected, but I just think it's a very interesting assumption. Greta Gerwig

Work Funny Me You People Will Think Assumption Say Bits People Say Something Write Taken Clearly Do You Know Know Well Always How Making Very Autobiographical Just Autobiography Story Whether Interesting Certainly Connected Things

I'm always interested in how people use language to not say what they mean. Greta Gerwig

People Language Say Always How Interested Mean Use

Having health insurance made me feel like a real person. Up until then, it felt like I was getting away with something, and if three things went wrong, it would all fall apart. Greta Gerwig

Health Me Made Three Fall Would Something Having Wrong Feel Like Until Felt Health Insurance Insurance Real Up Person Real Person Getting Apart Then Away Things

Whenever you work with someone who you idolize, you realize... he's just a person trying to make a movie as best he knows how. And that doesn't look so different from other people trying to do the same thing. Greta Gerwig

I think it's a great tragedy of childhood that you only really appreciate it once it's done: it's very hard to feel appreciative of the gifts you have until you're gone. Greta Gerwig

Great You Gone Think Appreciative Once Gifts Only Feel Until Great Tragedy Tragedy Very Done Childhood Really Hard Appreciate

When I read 'Greenberg,' I had a really strong sense if I could be any kind of writer I wanted to be, I'd be this kind of writer. And I felt like, even in my experiences, what writing I had done, even on a small scale, when it was good, it shared some quality with it. Greta Gerwig

Good Quality Writing Strong Sense Scale Kind Strong Sense Some Small Could Writer Small Scale Had Shared Like Read Felt Any Done Experiences Wanted If I Could Really Even

Greta Gerwig Quotes

No more Greta Gerwig quotes