170 Quotes by Greta Gerwig

I’m not saying that everyone needs to be celibate, but you don’t need a romance to complete a story about a woman

You feel sadness for time passing. New York is a city that keeps reinventing itself, and I love it so much.

I like things that look like mistakes.

I’ve never had a plan, I’ve always done things from instinct.

I like people who love books and movies and art and want to talk about it all the time, because that’s basically what I want to talk about. Intellectuals that are funny.

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

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 love just seeing shots of New York inside of a fictional movie that are not controlled. I do not like shots with extras, I have to say. I don’t mind extras in other scenes, but I love New York City streets just as they look. I don’t even care if someone looks at the camera. It doesn’t bother me.

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.