#113: Greta Gerwig: On Being a Multi-Hyphenate

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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I know I say “exciting episode” every week but this really is. I’ve been a huge fan of Greta Gerwig for years. I fell in love with her in the film Frances Ha, 20th Century Women, Mistress America and her brilliant supporting role in Jackie. Now she's nominated for an Oscar for her amazing directorial debut called Ladybird. I saw Ladybird last year at a special press screening and cried and laughed and loved it. Universal then asked if I wanted to interview Greta for my podcast and honestly, I nearly cried again when I got the email. I love her! Ladybird is a comedy-drama written and directed by Greta with a seriously amazing cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein. Set in Sacramento, California, it is a coming-of-age story of a high-school senior played by Saoirse and her turbulent relationship with her mother. The story of female friendship is also really lovely throughout.

Go and see LADYBIRD! It’s out in the UK now.

Favourite quotes from the episode:

“I do not want to perpetuate the myth that I’m a superior being. I do not have gifts outside of the realm of a normal ability to work. I’m super distractible, I can be really lazy."

“The older you get, the better you feel.”

"I'm not on social media. I was told ‘You have to get on Twitter for your career’."

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0:57.4	Hello and welcome back to Control Alt Delete. I know I say this every week that it's a really exciting episode with a very exciting guest, but it's true. It always is, but this week especially, I'm so excited to share it with you.
1:11.0	My guest today is Greta Gerwig. I've been a huge fan of Greta Gerwig for years. I fell in love with her film
1:18.5	Francis Haar back in 2012 which she co-wrote with Noah Bumbach who directed it.
1:26.0	Then I fell in love with her in 20th century women and her supporting role in Jackie and loads of other films I've loved her in.
1:35.0	Now Greta has been making headlines for a different reason with her directorial debut
1:41.0	called Lady Bird. I got to see Lady Bird last year at a really special press
1:45.9	screening in Mayfair and I cried I laughed I really really loved it and it was
1:52.4	really special because the whole audience was full of
1:55.6	women in the media who I just couldn't wait to hear what they thought and what they
2:01.0	were going to write about. I then totally jumped out of my seat
2:04.7	when I got a email from Universal who book in all of Greta's interviews and they asked if I wanted
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