--- title: "4 My way Quotes By Miranda July" description: "4 My way quotes by Miranda July. Plus more from Miranda July and more My way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/570/miranda-july-1600_achievement_i-made-some-shorts-that-i-m-not-in-i-thi_391391.jpg" --- > [I made some shorts that I'm not in. I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/i-made-some-shorts-that-i-m-not-in-i-think-because-i-write-so-many/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/570/miranda-july-1600_achievement_i-made-some-shorts-that-i-m-not-in-i-thi_391391.jpg) > [My way into making movies - into making things is general - has been through performing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/my-way-into-making-movies-into-making-things-is-general-has-been/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/miranda-july-1600_has-beens_my-way-into-making-movies-into-making-th_1069411.jpg) > [People ask, 'Why would you cast yourself in your movie?' And, for me, it's more like an achievement that I am now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/people-ask-why-would-you-cast-yourself-in-your-movie-and-for-me-it-s/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/miranda-july-1600_achievement_people-ask-why-would-you-cast-yourself-i_1134071.jpg) > [To get anything done, you used to have to brush past, or at least lay eyes on, someone whose reality was totally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/to-get-anything-done-you-used-to-have-to-brush-past-or-at-least-lay/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/miranda-july-1600_brushes_to-get-anything-done-you-used-to-have-to_3209467.jpg) ## Other authors on My way ## More by Miranda July > [Would she understand that time had stopped while she was gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/would-she-understand-that-time-had-stopped-while-she-was-gone/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [I like embracing kind of normal forms but am always trying to approach them as if no one's ever done that before. As if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/i-like-embracing-kind-of-normal-forms-but-am-always-trying-to/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [“It wasn't good, he wasn't good, he did not have good intentions. I stood there, and he stood there. He breathed out the bitter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/it-wasn-t-good-he-wasn-t-good-he-did-not-have-good-intentions-i-stood/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [The whole thing of working in all these different mediums, it's just so that I can always be playing hooky from one of them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/the-whole-thing-of-working-in-all-these-different-mediums-it-s-just/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [The thing I am most interested in is power relations - it is so easy in a relationship like that \[of an artist and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/the-thing-i-am-most-interested-in-is-power-relations-it-is-so-easy-in/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [Are you angry? Punch a pillow. Was it satisfying? Not hardly. These days people are too angry for punching. What you might try is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/are-you-angry-punch-a-pillow-was-it-satisfying-not-hardly-these-days/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [It was a tiny sound but it woke me up because it was a human sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/it-was-a-tiny-sound-but-it-woke-me-up-because-it-was-a-human-sound/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [I'm not a cinephile. My films don't reference films. I'm more interested in rhythm and feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/i-m-not-a-cinephile-my-films-don-t-reference-films-i-m-more/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [“We were anxious to begin our life as people who had no people. And it was easy to find an apartment because we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/we-were-anxious-to-begin-our-life-as-people-who-had-no-people-and-it/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [I'm always the kind of friend or girlfriend who suggests, when there's some cataclysmic problem in the relationship, I'm like, "Well, maybe we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/i-m-always-the-kind-of-friend-or-girlfriend-who-suggests-when-there-s/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [I wrestle my fears with every big decision I make. Ultimately, maybe all that wrestling does is make you sick of your own thoughts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/i-wrestle-my-fears-with-every-big-decision-i-make-ultimately-maybe/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [When I had a baby, I was consumed with my body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/when-i-had-a-baby-i-was-consumed-with-my-body/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [I'm quite a cerebral person. Often I feel quite stuck in that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/i-m-quite-a-cerebral-person-often-i-feel-quite-stuck-in-that/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [Somewhat predictably, I'm much more comfortable in front of an audience - and a big audience is even better - than faced with one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/somewhat-predictably-i-m-much-more-comfortable-in-front-of-an/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) > [We humans are here because nothing can be perfect. There always have to be some living things that are unsatisfied, itchy, trying too hard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/we-humans-are-here-because-nothing-can-be-perfect-there-always-have/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/my-way/miranda-july/#itemlist", "name": "4 My way Quotes By Miranda July", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I made some shorts that I'm not in. I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to come up with characters that are not me. But my way into making movies has been through performing. My very first short film, I played a child and her own mother. So in some ways, to me, my great achievement so far is just that I've gotten all these other people to play the other parts. 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