You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is my interview with the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, actor and writer Tracy Letts, here to talk about his two newest films, Ford v. Ferrari and Little Women.

Mr. Ford, Ferrari has a message for you, sir.

What did they say?

You said Ford makes ugly little cars in ugly factories. And he called you fat, sir. What did he say? You said Ford makes ugly little cars in ugly factories.

And uh, he called you fat sir.

We're gonna bury Ferrari at Lamont.

I'm working on a novel. It is a story of my life and my sisters.

Make it short and spicy.

And if the main character is a girl, make sure she's married by the end.

Hello, Tracy. How are you doing today?

Very well. How are you?

I'm good. I'm good. I don't know if you remember me. I actually met you the other night at the Gotham Awards near the bar.

Of course. I had mentioned here that I'd be mentioned to you that I'd be interviewing you

this week, actually. Did you have a good time that evening? Yeah, sure. We had a fine time.

We actually knew a couple of people at our table, which was nice. And, you know, I'm happy for

Greta, Noah, and Adam, and that table, they seem to be having a great night.

Oh, yeah, absolutely. And we'll definitely talk about what's going on this season with Greta Gerwig and

little women and everything else. I want to properly introduce you, obviously, here on the show

to all of our listeners right now. You're a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, a Tony Award winner.

You, sir, are definitely a legend within the community of the arts. And I want to just start off

actually by asking, as someone who's extremely prolific in both the world of theater, and lately,

especially this past decade in film and

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