American - Actress | August 4, 1983 -
I always feel like a vague failure in L.A. - it always makes me feel like I should somehow be different than I am. And I don't know why.
Greta Gerwig
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I'm, like, the only actor in New York who's never, ever been on any 'Law & Order.' And I've auditioned for so many. The sad thing is I love 'Law & Order.' I'm really obsessed with it. And they always said to me, 'You seem like you're making fun of the material.'
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When I graduated from college, I thought that I would probably never be an actor because it seemed like everyone was big by the time they were 20 or not at all.
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It's really hard for me to be around people I admire.
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I thought Mia Hansen-Love was a true auteur, and I always wanted to work with her. Mia's empathy for her characters and her ability to use the language of cinema to communicate real human depth is extraordinary. She's a humanist.
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I was a massive Whit Stillman fan. Groupie. I would have done anything for him.
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I love movies, but sometimes I think it's better for actresses not to be total cinephiles. You have to be able to do the work at some point; you can't be totally starstruck. 'I can't believe it's Woody Allen!' You have to get past that.
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I sometimes have to turn off the fan part of my brain when I'm acting; otherwise, it would be terrible.
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There's nothing more thrilling than watching great actors say things that you wrote and bring them to life.
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I knew I wanted to be involved with theater or film in any way I could, either as a writer or director or actress.
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Acting was always the first love, but a lot of people want to be actors, and my goal was, 'Come hell or high water, I will be a part of this world, however I can.' So that just led me to throwing myself into every aspect of narrative storytelling I could.
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For me, the French new wave is Truffaut and Rohmer. Godard I sometimes have trouble with because he's very much of a director's director. I feel Truffaut is such a humanist, and I always go in that direction.
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