>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME BACK.
MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACTOR AND A SCREEN WRITER KNOWN
FOR FRANCES HA AND 20th CENTURY WOMEN, SHE'S NOW MAKING
HER DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH LADY BIRD.
>> I WANT TO GO WHERE CULTURE IS.
>> MOW DID I RAISE SUCH A SNOB.
>> AT LEAST CONNECTICUT OR NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE WRITERS LIVE IN
THE WOODS.
>> HOW DO YOU GET IN THOSE SCHOOLS ANYWAY.
CAN'T EVEN PASS YOUR DRIVER'S TEST.
>> YOU DIDN'T LET ME PRACTICE ENOUGH.
>> WHY DID YOU WORK, THE WAY YOU DON'T WORK, YOU ARE NOT EVEN
WORTH STATE TUITION.
>> MY NAME IS LADY BIRD.
>> WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S NOT AND IT IS RIDICULOUS.
>> CALL ME LADY BIRD LIKE YOU SAID YOU WOULD.
>> YOU SHOULD JUST GO TO CITY COLLEGEK WITH YOUR WORK ETHIC GO
TO CITY COLLEGE, BACK TO JAIL AND THEN BACK TO CITY COLLEGE
AND THEN MAN WOULD YOU LEARN TO PULL YOURSELF UP AND NOT EXPECT
EVERYBODY TO-- .
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME GRETA GERWIG.
PLAWS PLAWS.
>> Stephen: HI.
>> HI.
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET I.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DIRECTEDDERS ON THIS
SHOW.
>> OH.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, NO, BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST
DON'T KNOW WHO DIRECTORS ARE.
AND DIRECTOR REALLY BELONG BEHIND THE CAMERA.
>> RIGHT, THEY DON'T BRING US OUT VERY OFTEN.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU ARE ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED ACTRESS IN YOUR
OWN RIGHT AND A SCREEN WRITER AS I SAID BEFORE.
AND I UNDERSTAND AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE STORY BEHIND
THIS.
YOU WERE ALMOST ON A CBS SITCOM, WE WERE ALMOST COWORKERS.
>> YES, WE WERE ALMOST IN THE SAME CBS FAMILY THERES WITH A
SHOW CALLED HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER.
>> Stephen: I REMEMBER THAT.
I'M FAMILIAR, I'M FAMILIAR.
>> IT'S HE A GREAT SHOW.
I LOVED IT.
EVERYONE LOVES IT.
AND THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER ONE CALLED HOW I MET
YOUR DAD, STARRING ME.
AND WE SHOT THE PILOT AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND I LOVED WORKING
ON IT.
AND THEN THEY TAKE THE PILOT TO LAS VEGAS.
AND THEY-- .
>> Stephen: FOCUS GROUP.
>> THEY TEST IT.
AND THE AUDIENCE, THEY'RE GIVEN NOBODIES AND THEY TURN THE
NOBODIES TO THE RIGHT IF THEY LIKE IT AND THE LEFT IF THEY
DON'T.
AND APPARENTLY THEY TRNED THE NOBODIES TO THE LEFT EVERY TIME
I CAME ON.
>> Stephen: OH NO.
>> SO YEAH, THEY DIDN'T-- IT DIDN'T-- THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT.
AT ALL.
>> Stephen: NOW NOW YOU'VE GOT LADY BIRD.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHICH IS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT AND IT IS
GETTING AMAZING NOTICES.
IT WAS CALL PERFECTION BY "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
IT'S GOT A 100% ON ROTEN TOMATOES.
(APPLAUSE) >> YES, YES.
>> Stephen: WAS IT, WE SAW THAT GREAT CLIP THERE, IS IT
BASED ON YOUR CHILDHOOD, YOUR TEENAGE YEARS.
>> IT'S INSPIRED BY PARTS OF MY CHILDHOOD, BUT IT IS NOT LITERAL
LEIGH.
>> Stephen: TELL PEOPLE THE STORY.
>> LADY BIRD ABOUT A GIRL NAMED CHRISTINE McFEARSON WITHOUT
MAKES EVERYONE CALL HER LADY BIRD AND TAKES PLACE OVER THE
SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL AND IT IS KIND OF A LOVE STORY
BETWEEN HER AND HER MOM, HOW LIKE HARD IT IS TO SAY GOOD-BYE
AND HOW ONE PERSON IS COMING OF AGE IS ANOTHER PERSON'S LETTING
GO.
AND IT'S REALLY FUNNY BUT IT WILL ALSO MAKE YOU CRY AND CALL
YOUR MOM.
>> Stephen: DID YOU CRY AND CALL YOUR MOM.
>> YEAH, YEAH AND THEN MY MOM CRIED AND CALLED ME WHEN I
SHOWED IT TO HER.
>> Stephen: SO BUT SHE RECOGNIZED SOME OF YOUR
RELATIONSHIP IN THIS MOVIE.
>> YES, SHE RECOGNIZED SOME OF IT I MEN SHE KNOWS MORE THAN
ANYONE WHAT IS NOT REAL AND WHAT'S REAL.
>> Stephen: DID SHE SAY LIKE WHY DID YOU PUT THAT IN.
NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT ABOUT US, ANY OF IT TOO PERSONAL.
>> NO, NO, SHE WAS VERY FLAT ERRED BY IT.
SHE HAS SEEN IT SIX TIMES.
>> Stephen: DID YOU AT ANY POINT JUMP OUT OF YOUR MOTHER'S
CAR.
>> NOT A MOVING CAR.
>> Stephen: AT A STOP LIGHT.
>> IT WAS IDLING, YES.
BUT I-- I EXITED.
>> Stephen: NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WENT TO AN ALL-GIRLS
CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, YES.
>> Stephen: LIKE TYPICAL LIKE KNEE SOCKS AND PLAID SKIRTS.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WITH NUNS MEASURING THE LENGTH OF THE
SKIRT.
>> WE HAD SKIRT CHECK.
>> Jon: THAT.
>> Stephen: THAT WHAT IT IS CALLED SKIRT CHECK.
>> IF IT GOES BELOW YOUR FINGER-- OR ABOVE YOUR FINGER
TIPS T IS BAD.
>> Stephen: WOW.
BUT ARE YOU NOT A CATHOLIC.
>> NO, I'M NOT A CATHOLIC BUT I ACTUALLY LOVED CATHOLIC SCHOOL
AND EVERYTHING IN IT BECAUSE I-- I MEAN TO BE TOTALLY HONEST
BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF A THEATRICAL KID I FEEL LIKE THEY
HAD REALLY GOOD OUTFITS AND REALLY GOOD MUSICAL NUMBERS.
>> Stephen: STAGECRAFT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS-- I WAS AN ALTAR BOY
AND THAT WAS MY EXPERIENCE OF BEING ON STAGE, I'M ON STAGE,
EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AT ME.
>> AND THE SMOKE AND ALL THE STUFF.
>> Stephen: THE INCENSE.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: INCENSE ON THE CHAIN BALL, THE BELLS.
>> EXACTLY.
AND IT FELT-- .
>> Stephen: THE NUNS ARE WITCHES.
>> IT FELT VERY CLOSE TO LIKE SOUND OF MUSIC OR, IT FELT.
>> Stephen: VERY CLOSE TO SOUND OF MUS ECK.
EXCEPT THE NUNS DON'T RUN OFF WITH THE BARON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DON'T.
>> Stephen: THEY DON'T DO THAT.
>> BUT WE HAD NURNS, WE HAD PLETTEE GROOVY NUNS.
>> Stephen: LIKE FOLK MASS LIKE-- THOSE KIND OF NUNS,
SINGING.
>> SORT OF UKULELE PLAYING NUNS MUSICAL NUNS.
BUT THEY DIDN'T, LIKE WE WOULD DO SHALL-- .
>> Stephen: I'VE NEVER PLAYED MUSICAL NUNS.
>> IT'S A GREAT GAME.
BUT WE WOULD DO LIKE, WE WOULD HAVE LIKE YOU KNOW, I BOOK
THEOLOGY FOR FOUR YEARS.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE.
>> BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF IT.
AND THE SCHOOL I WENT TO WAS ST. FRANCIS AND BASED ON
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI SO WE WATCHED THE BROTHER SUN SISTER
MOON.
>> Stephen: ABOUT DISCOVERING HIS ST.HOOD.
>> BECOME ST. FRANCIS AND THE WAY HE DOES IS IT PRETTY
DRAMATIC.
HE TAKES OFF ALL OF HIS CLOTHES IN THE TOWN SQUARE AND IT'S
LIKE, I DON'T NEED YOUR MONEY, FATHER.
AND I ALWAYS IDENTIFIED WITH THE FATHER BEING LIKE OH NO.
MY SON JUST HEARD FROM GOD AND NOW HE'S TAKING OFF HIS CLOTHES.
BUT-- I REMEMBER IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FILM.
>> Stephen: THE ACT CERTIFICATE CUTE.
>> SO CUTE.
HE'S A BEAUTIFUL GUY.
BUT THE NUNS PUT POST IT NOTES OVER THE PLACE WHERE SHE KNEW
HIS BUTT WOULD BE.
NOT TODAY, LADIES.
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: YEAH, WELL, MISSED OUT ON A CONVERT.
>> IT WOULD HAVE, THAT, THE COSTUMES, I WAS LIKE I'M IN.
>> Stephen: WELL, LOVELY TO MEET YOU, THANK YOU.
>> SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: LADY BIRD IS IN THEATERS NOW.
GRETA GERWIG, EVERYBODY.