170 Quotes by Greta Gerwig

Women. They have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition. And they’ve got talent as well as just beauty. And I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I’m so sick of it. But I’m so lonely.

That anger that creates a kind of certainty which is very dangerous that gives way to a little bit of doubt which then uncovers of course there's pain and then once the pain takes over then this hope of maybe I'll get back in time and then realizing it's too late.

Just because my dreams are different than yours, it doesn't mean they're unimportant.

I don’t know. I think I’m sick.And I don’t know if my ailment has a name - it’s just me sitting and staring at the internet or the television for long periods of time interspersed by trying to not do that and then lying about what I’ve been doing. Then I’ll get so excited about something that the excitement overwhelms me and I can’t sleep or do anything - and then I just am in love with everything but can’t figure out how to make myself work in the world

I live in New York, and I love New York as well, but I think Los Angeles is a place where if you have the right person with you, there are all these little worlds that you would never guess by just looking at the exterior of what the city is.

I'm not really capable of memorizing stuff without moving around, that's how I do it.

The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big filmmakers to tiny filmmakers.

When I did plays in high school and college, I never remember memorizing my lines, but once I had blocking, I had all my lines memorized. Once I had movement associated with words, it was fine. Before I had blocking, it was just text on a page. Once it became embodied, it was much easier.

I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.