I love movies, so getting to be in the conversation and meet some of my heroes has been so fun. It's just… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be involved with theater or film in any way I could, either as a writer or director… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Making movies is a hard thing, and it's slow. So you can glorify the product, but the process is difficult no matter… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I'm so interested in taking tropes from other movies and putting them on something where it doesn't belong. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Specifically with directors I'd worked with, and even some that I haven't, they were all incredibly generous with me, having really long… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I think being attracted to mistakes is one of the things that film can capture in a way that theater can't. Film… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
When you're on set, and that clock is going, every second you spend doing something is a second you spend not doing… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I love big, sprawling movies where there are too many characters, and people get introduced halfway through, and you're like, 'Wait, who… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
The transition from tiny movies to less tiny movies to really big movies has been actually quite seamless in a lot of… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I think in general with micro-budget films right now, it's rough. The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
For Mike Mills, I learned that having dance parties and crying with your cast does not make you a weak director, it… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
As an actor, I just go off the director. I never ask how big the part is. I don't look at it… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Woody Allen was the reason I wanted to move to New York City and one of the reasons I wanted to make… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I think being attracted to mistakes is one of the things that film can capture in a way that theater can't. Film… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
One of the great advantages of my time spent in movies and in basically every role possible, both in front of the… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
A lot of my friends are struggling. A lot of my friends didn't make movies, which was really hard and sad. I'm… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a playwright in college. That's what I was interested in and that's what I was moving toward, and… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things about Telluride is because it's so small, the directors are really there for each other. You look… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
I think I've always wanted to direct, but I didn't go to film school. I was lucky enough to work in movies, and I… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
I always have a soft spot in my heart for New York designers and independent designers, people who are doing the fashion equivalent of… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
I don't really decide what the core of the story is before I write. I write to figure out what the story is. And… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
Sacramento is where I grew up, so I felt like it had not been given its proper due in cinema. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
Something people say about acting is that acting is listening. But I think that writing is listening, too. That you really have to listen… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
As a kid, I was a big reader. Books and theater were the way I understood the world, and also the way I organized… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
Movies are now more often watched on the small screen anyway. But at least for me, what got lost in that is the difference… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
'A People's History of the United States' was actually a very big book for me. I read it in high school, and I felt… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
I love New York, but it's a rough city. It's not dangerous now the way it was in the 70's or the 80's, but… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
There's an economy in sports that I always think is a useful metaphor for acting. You have an objective. You're trying to win, and… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
When I was a kid, I used to do my homework in the living room, where there was a picture window. I was hoping… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share
