American - Actress | August 4, 1983 -
I think it's true of a lot of teenagers that you're convinced that life is happening somewhere else.
Greta Gerwig
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I'm interested in long careers where you take detours.
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I think it's a great tragedy of childhood that you only really appreciate it once it's done: it's very hard to feel appreciative of the gifts you have until you're gone.
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Courage doesn't grow overnight. It can be a long process.
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I loved the idea of dramatic art of storytelling as a way to make sense of things. It's really what I love and what I care about.
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When I read 'Greenberg,' I had a really strong sense if I could be any kind of writer I wanted to be, I'd be this kind of writer. And I felt like, even in my experiences, what writing I had done, even on a small scale, when it was good, it shared some quality with it.
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I love big, sprawling movies where there are too many characters, and people get introduced halfway through, and you're like, 'Wait, who are these people?'
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I get nerdy and nervous around not only great actors, but great directors and DPs I love.
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I love movies, so getting to be in the conversation and meet some of my heroes has been so fun. It's just the most fun thing ever.
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When you're on set, and that clock is going, every second you spend doing something is a second you spend not doing something else. That's true of all of life, but it's very vivid on a film set because you're always managing that.
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Greta Gerwig always seemed like a name that was mine. My mother did a good job.
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'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 like my mind was really blown by it. I think the truth is I read it because it's referenced in 'Good Will Hunting.'
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