I love writing, and I think I'm kind of a workaholic. I'm happiest when I'm working. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I live in New York, and I love New York as well, but I think Los Angeles is a place where if… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I get nerdy and nervous around not only great actors, but great directors and DPs I love. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I was a ballet dancer. I did other kinds of dance but ballet was my great love. But then it became clear,… — 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
Acting was always the first love, but a lot of people want to be actors, and my goal was, 'Come hell or… — 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 love movies, but sometimes I think it's better for actresses not to be total cinephiles. You have to be able to… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
There are a lot of love stories in 'Maggie's Plan,' but the deepest, truly romantic one is between Maggie and her daughter. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I'm just a relationship girl. I fall in love and I usually have long relationships. I like getting to know people well… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I’m not saying that everyone needs to be celibate, but you don’t need a romance to complete a story about a woman — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I loved the idea of dramatic art of storytelling as a way to make sense of things. It's really what I love… — 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
I'm, like, the only actor in New York who's never, ever been on any 'Law & Order.' And I've auditioned for so… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
As a writer, I think I'm mainly interested in contemporary themes, so when I create my own stuff, it's inherently that. But… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
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 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Sacramento is where I grew up, so I felt like it had not been given its proper due in cinema. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
'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 Image
