-Congratulations on this, by the way.
You had a little baby boy. -Yeah, that's --
-Look at that. [ Cheers and applause ]
That's a beautiful baby. -I know.
-That's a gorgeous photo, too. -I know. It's so beautiful.
-Is that Annie Leibovitz? -It's Annie Leibovitz.
And it's "Vogue." It's just so fancy.
-But you were saying you decided to do this with your baby
because Cardi B decided she was going to do it with her baby.
-That's right. There's --
No, there's four different covers with different women,
and one of the covers is Cardi B,
and Cardi B is a huge inspiration to me.
I'm serious.
-Yeah. -I love her.
And I -- When I was shooting "Little Women," I was pregnant.
And no one knew. And I would go home at night.
And I would watch Cardi B's Instagram videos while --
about her pregnancy.
-Yeah. -And they were incredible.
And I was like, "She's amazing!
She's shooting music videos and complaining about things!"
-No, yeah, she was playing live.
-She's, like, wonderful. -She played here live...
-Yeah. -...when she was pregnant.
-And also I watched her interview with you.
-Yeah.
-And so you are part of this story.
-What? -Yeah.
-I inspired a little bit of "Little Women"?
-Yes. And my child.
-[ Laughs ]
Well, I love you, Harold. Mwah!
-Yeah. No, I mean, I really -- I would go home.
And I'd be like, "Ugh, everybody thinks I'm just so chubby,
but secretly I'm pregnant."
[ Laughter ] So, yeah.
-I loved the movie. I watched it.
I will tell you an honest, true story.
I was lucky enough to get a screener
before the film came out.
I'm so excited to see it 'cause you know I love you.
On my way home, I talked to my wife.
I go, "I got 'Little Women.' We can watch this tonight."
And she goes, "I got to work."
And I go, "Well, you know, what I'll do is I'll just --
I'm going to take a bath and watch 'Little Women.'"
-Yeah.
-I'm getting into baths lately, yeah.
That's my new thing. So I was getting --
She goes, "Oh, okay." And then she's like, "That's so you."
You know, any other person, you're like,
"What's your husband doing?"
Like, "Ugh, he's watching the game with his boys."
-Yeah. -"What's your husband doing?"
"He's taking a bubble bath and watching 'Little Women.'"
But anyways, so, I'm running the rub.
-Best husband. -Yeah.
-I'm running the tub, ready to go.
And then my 6-year-old walks in.
And she's like, "Hi, Dad."
I go, "What are you doing awake?" It's like 9:00.
She's like, "What are you doing?"
I said, "I'm going to watch a movie."
She's like, "Can I watch it with you?"
So I go, "Sure, I guess. I mean, it's 'Little Women.'"
So we sat on the couch
and watched "Little Women," the whole thing.
She's 6 years old. And she absolutely loved it.
-Aww. -Loved the whole thing.
I know it's not for 6-year-olds.
But it really was. It was perfect.
-It is, though. And it's for you, Jimmy.
-It was. No, I loved it. I loved --
-It's for everyone. -And what a cast.
Saoirse Ronan. -Yep.
-And Meryl Streep asked you to be in the film.
-Yes. -I mean, come on!
[ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah.
-And they're -- I mean, they're knockouts.
Knockout performances. -They more told me
they were going to be in the movie.
-Oh, yeah. -They were like --
-They were like, "I'll be in this."
And I said, "Yes." -You were saying backstage
that directing Meryl Streep -- 'Cause I was like,
"What's it like to direct?"
And you're like, "It's not so much directing,
but they do like being directed."
-They do like being directed.
You kind of -- With these kinds of actors, great actors, it's --
You just almost want to -- It's like having a really fast car.
You're like, "What can it do on this turn?!"
You know? -Yeah.
Yeah. "This car can do everything!
"Let's see how fast we can get this baby to go, man."
-[ Imitates engine revving ] -"I got a Meryl Streep!"
Yeah. It's like, "I got a Maserati!"
"I got -- I'm driving a Meryl Streep, dude!
Get outta the way!"
-"We got a bunch of gears!" -I mean, it was unbelievable.
It's great. And I love the camaraderie.
'Cause I saw Timothée Chalamet posted this photo.
-Yes. -And it just made me laugh.
It's everyone in period costume eating Wendy's french fries.
-That's right. That's right.
-Do you remember this day? -Yeah.
[ Applause ]
We had -- We had this full, like --
It was all these carriages and all these people.
And everyone's -- And then Meryl's in the carriage.
And she says, "I would like some french fries."
And then Timmy is like, "Meryl wants fries!"
And then everybody ran to go get her fries and came back.
And then also off-screen here, there's a -- She also had --
There was this Poodle named Michael
who was also eating fries.
It was very special. -Michael the Poodle.
-There was a Poodle named Michael, yeah.
-And he had nothing to do with the movie.
He just came as a fan of Meryl Streep's.
He hopped on the carriage.
-Michael was actually -- had a part in the movie.
-Okay, okay, good. I didn't know.
I've never been to Concord.
Uh, this movie comes out Christmas Day.
It is perfect to go out with your family. Take everybody.
And if you have -- Obviously if you have sisters,
this is like -- -Yeah.
-I just loved it.
If you're a fan of the book, which is classic.
You did such a great job with this, buddy.
-Thank you. -And I love you.
And we need more great female directors out there.
So thank you for doing that. -Thank you. Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ] -I want to show a clip.
Here's Saoirse Ronan and Meryl Streep
in "Little Women." Take a look at this.
-Josephine! -Yes. Here.
-Is there a reason you stopped reading Belsen?
-I'm sorry. I'll continue.
-You mind yourself, dearie. Someday you'll need me.
And you'll wish you had behaved better.
-Thank you, Aunt March,
for your employment and your many kindnesses,
but I intend to make my own way in the world.
-[ Chuckles ] Oh, well.
No one makes their own way. Not really.
Least of all a woman. You'll need to marry well.
-But you're not married, Aunt March.
-Well, that's because I'm rich.
-[ Laughs ] Greta Gerwig, everyone!