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" The transition from tiny movies to less tiny movies to really big movies has been actually quite seamless in a lot of ways as far as my experience of acting in them. "

Greta Gerwig

Transition

Acting

Movies

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Greta Gerwig

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Make

" 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. "

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" I'm not goal-oriented so much as I'm constantly aware of what I'm passionate about, and I'm constantly updating the list. I envision many possible futures for myself where I could be happy, so I just try to keep my passions alive. "

" Specifically with directors I'd worked with, and even some that I haven't, they were all incredibly generous with me, having really long conversations about what they felt was useful as tips. "

" Working is not instantly rewarding. It's a long process, and it's much easier to just feed whatever dopamine cycles exist in your brain in instant gratification ways. I get it; I do it. "

" I always feel like a vague failure in L.A. - it always makes me feel like I should somehow be different than I am. And I don't know why. "

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" I loved the idea of dramatic art of storytelling as a way to make sense of things. It's really what I love and what I care about. "

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