As a kid, I was a big reader. Books and theater were the way I understood the world, and also the way I organized my sense of morality, of how to live a good life. I would read all night. My mom would come into my room and tell me I had to go to sleep, so I would hide books under my bed. At first I had a tough time getting through novels, so I read plays, because a play is generally shorter and has all those tools for getting people hooked early on.
I'm far too middle-class to morally object to a paying job. - Greta Gerwig
I'm far too middle-class to morally object to a paying job.
- Greta Gerwig
I feel like most people aren't either/or, they're both/and. You're both magnanimous and petty. You're both kind and cruel. You're never just one thin… - Greta Gerwig
I feel like most people aren't either/or, they're both/and. You're both magnanimous and petty. You're both kind and cruel. You're never just one thin…
There are a million little things, but one of the best ways to get to know characters is to just put them in situations and see what they say. - Greta Gerwig
There are a million little things, but one of the best ways to get to know characters is to just put them in situations and see what they say.
Let your characters talk to each other and do things. Spend time with them - they'll tell you who they are and what they're up to. - Greta Gerwig
Let your characters talk to each other and do things. Spend time with them - they'll tell you who they are and what they're up to.
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
I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.
I've never had a plan, I've always done things from instinct. - Greta Gerwig
I've never had a plan, I've always done things from instinct.
I like movies about women behaving badly, because women behave badly just like men, and we're not always adorable and cute about it. - Greta Gerwig
I like movies about women behaving badly, because women behave badly just like men, and we're not always adorable and cute about it.
I like things that look like mistakes. - Greta Gerwig
I like things that look like mistakes.
I think the problem with growing up and idealizing self-destructive artists is that you only see the beauty they created rather than all the pain tha… - Greta Gerwig
I think the problem with growing up and idealizing self-destructive artists is that you only see the beauty they created rather than all the pain tha…
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