Greta Gerwig Net Worth

Greta Gerwig's Quotes

• When I was a kid, I used to do my homework in the living room, where there was a picture window. I was hoping that someone would walk by and see me looking very studious in my living room.
• Some of the independent movies that make money have a very specific thing that you can tell audiences they'll feel about it. 'This will make you feel so happy'. 'This will make you feel something about your family'. And anything that's not that, if it's 'This will make you feel perhaps uncomfortable about choices you've made in your life. [Frances Ha (2012)] will touch your deep feelings of failure and unworthiness. [My father said about it:] 'You know they play that Steve Miller song in the beginning? You think, This is really gonna make you feel great'. He was 'Yes!' and then 'What?'
• [on her screenplay for Frances Ha (2012)] So much of writing is like baking a cake. I can't tell you where the sugar is.
• Sitting and waiting is such an awful way to live, but it's a big part of being an actor. Creating projects is really what's happening these days. The chance to participate in your own career is a lot more exciting than just hoping that it all works out.
• [on her meticulous preparation] If I fall on my face and it's dreadful and everybody says it's dreadful, I'd rather have tried than not.

Interesting Facts about Greta Gerwig

1. Grew up in Sacramento, California.
2. Went to Barnard College, where she majored in philosophy, wrote plays and was co-founder of an improv group called "The Tea Party Ensemble".
3. Living in New York City.
4. Actress, director and playwright.
5. Is a fan of the Alan Partridge character played by Steve Coogan.
6. Studied philosophy at Barnard College.
7. Wrote in detail about the 42 takes she did of one 28-second scene in Frances Ha (2012) in a N.Y. Times Magazine article titled 'I Know I'm Doing the Scene Badly, But I Can't Figure Out How to Do It Well' [May 2013].
8. She has German, Irish, English, and Cornish ancestry. One of her paternal great-grandmothers, Amelia Issac Rogers, was born in Brazil, to parents from Cornwall.
9. One major Hollywood stylist has described Gerwig as a "modern Catherine Deneuve" because of her fashionable look and sensibility.
10. Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014.
11. Her real-life parents, Gordon Gerwig and Christine Gerwig, portrayed the parents to her character in Frances Ha (2012). Her father declared that he was reluctant to do it, even though he doesn't have any lines, as he believed the role should be given to a professional actor.
12. In February 2014, it was announced that she would star, produce and occasionally write in the planned spin-off to How I Met Your Mother (2005). This created an outburst in the "blogosphere", as several fans and writers claimed that Gerwig was failing her indie roots. One writer compared the rage among fans to be "like when Nirvana signed to Geffen Records".
13. Has been in a relationship with Noah Baumbach since 2011. On March 19, 2019, it was announced they had welcomed a son, Harold.
14. Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016.
15. Never officially attended film school, instead learning everything she could about filmmaking from on-set observations as an actress and writer.
16. Is very receptive to improvisation from her actors as long as the established dialogue informs the characterization. She prefers not to rewrite her dialogue.
17. Counts Barry Jenkins' Moonlight (2016) as a major influence.
18. Close friend of Adam Driver.
19. Is an avid fan of fellow Sacramento author Joan Didion.
20. While attending St. Francis Catholic High School (Sacramento), Greta participated in such shows as "Into the Woods," "The Boy Friend," "Pippin" and "The Apple Tree" before graduating in 2002.