Film Quotes by Greta Gerwig

You don't need love and sex in films

— Greta Gerwig

I knew I wanted to be involved with theater or film in any way I could, either as a writer or director…

— Greta Gerwig

I'm so interested in taking tropes from other movies and putting them on something where it doesn't belong.

— Greta Gerwig

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

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

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

For Mike Mills, I learned that having dance parties and crying with your cast does not make you a weak director, it…

— Greta Gerwig

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the great advantages of my time spent in movies and in basically every role possible, both in front of the…

— Greta Gerwig

Woody Allen was the reason I wanted to move to New York City and one of the reasons I wanted to make…

— Greta Gerwig

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

The transition from tiny movies to less tiny movies to really big movies has been actually quite seamless in a lot of…

— Greta Gerwig