I like movies about women behaving badly, because women behave badly just like men, and we're not always adorable and cute about it. Greta Gerwig More Quotes by Greta Gerwig More Quotes From Greta Gerwig There's a grace period where being a mess is charming and interesting, and then I think when you hit around 27, it stops being charming and interesting, and it starts being kind of pathological, and you have to find a new way of life. Otherwise, you're going to be in a place where the rest of your peers have been moving on, and you're stuck. Greta Gerwig you moving-on grace life I wouldn't call myself 'into the DJ scene.' I have friends who are DJs, like James Murphy. I was really into the DJ scene at his wedding. But generally, I'm not at the clubs. I've never been to a rave. Greta Gerwig dj myself friends wedding 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. Greta Gerwig true doing you life You only get one life, so you might as well feel all the feelings. Greta Gerwig feel you feelings life Everybody is always in the middle of their own opera. Greta Gerwig own everybody always opera I thought movies were handed down by God. I knew that theater was made by people because I saw the people in front of me, but movies seemed like they were delivered, wholly made, from Zeus's head or something. Greta Gerwig down me god people The more particular you make something, the more universal it becomes. Greta Gerwig make more something you From Noah Baumbach, I learned to have a strict no cell phone policy on set. There is nothing that bums you out more than looking over and seeing somebody on their smartphone, and that goes for actors and everyone else. Greta Gerwig phone looking you cell-phone There's a style in modern dance right now called Release Technique. It's based on a feeling of falling and catching yourself, and I thought it was such a good metaphor for the way life feels. Greta Gerwig good style dance life I feel so part of the filmmaking community. It's amazing how much people support each other. Greta Gerwig feel support community people I don't really decide what the core of the story is before I write. I write to figure out what the story is. And I think the characters end up talking to you and telling you what they want to be doing and what is important to them. So in some ways, your job is to listen as much as it is to write. Greta Gerwig end job think you 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.' Greta Gerwig me you sad love I sound like an old man when I talk about the Internet, but I am actually worried about what it's doing to our brains and our sense of connection. Greta Gerwig i-am man old-man internet There are a lot of love stories in 'Maggie's Plan,' but the deepest, truly romantic one is between Maggie and her daughter. Greta Gerwig plan daughter love romantic Courage doesn't grow overnight. It can be a long process. Greta Gerwig grow process courage long 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?' Greta Gerwig wait you love people I have very intense feelings of joy or sadness. I used to not like that so much because I was worried it was girly, and I wanted to be more stoic. I think this happens a lot. When you're 16, there are qualities you wish you didn't have, and then when you're 30, you're like, 'Thank God I have that; otherwise, I'd be living less vividly.' Greta Gerwig you sadness thank-god god
