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I like acting and things when I like the writing. If I don't like the writing, I don't like acting. I think in some ways everything starts for me from the place of writing.

Greta Gerwig

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Greta Gerwig
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 4
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Sacramento
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Greta Celeste Gerwig
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I think... I love Los Angeles. 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.
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I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.
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Getting bad reviews or doing something thats not great is also really good for you as an actor. It also makes me feel as an actor that Ive earned my stripes a bit.
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I've never had a plan, I've always done things from instinct.
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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.
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I like movies about women behaving badly, because women behave badly just like men, and we're not always adorable and cute about it.
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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 that went along with it.
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I'm far too middle-class to morally object to a paying job.
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Using the energy in a scene can really cut the fat off of something and streamline it. It can make it work for you and activate it for you in a way.
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We would go down to Riverside, California, which is very poor now, but that's where my grandfather grew up. He grew up during the Depression in Riverside.
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I had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched.
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I love shooting in New York because I love the city. Ultimately, I like doing it there and the city is important to the story, but it can be hard to shoot where you live too because it is so all-absorbing.
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I don't do well when I don't work.
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It feels like when I write, it's intuitive. This is true of Frances, and it's true of this [The Funniest Movie Of The Summer].
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The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big filmmakers to tiny filmmakers.
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I think I'm pretty committed to staying. I'm not committed to not doing big movies, but I am committed to continuing to make smaller movies, not for the sake of making smaller movies, but because I think it's really invigorating to just go work with people and know that it might be awful.
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You keep learning how to let go and to live the life that you actually have, as opposed to the life you thought you were going to have.
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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.
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In relationships, you learn a million things. I'm sure a therapist can tell you about it.
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