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.
Greta GerwigI 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 GerwigSometime female characters, especially in the genre of something that people consider rom-com, make mistakes in a cute way or they're a mess in a way that's palatable. I like that.
Greta GerwigUsing 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.
Greta GerwigI had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched.
Greta GerwigI think any break-up from a long relationship has this accompanying feeling of who am I without this person. You feel like a half-person because you've integrated yourself into an idea of a couple for so long, and then teasing that out and finding out who you are without them, it just takes a while. It feels like an amputation.
Greta Gerwig