--- title: Greta Gerwig's Interview at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year Gala | TIME description: For writer, director, and actress Greta Gerwig, the excitement of a project comes in taking on a film with an “element of adventure.” “A great thrill that I get is figuring out how to build my wings on the way down, just kind of leaping from the tallest thing I can find,” Gerwig said during an interview with TIME senior editor Lucy Feldman at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year gala in West Hollywood on Tuesday. Gerwig is one of 12 women recognized this year for their contributions to building a more equal world. canonical: https://time.com/video/vTJ4RWZ8/ og:title: Greta Gerwig's Interview at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year Gala og:description: For writer, director, and actress Greta Gerwig, the excitement of a project comes in taking on a film with an “element of adventure.” “A great thrill that I get is figuring out how to build my wings on the way down, just kind of leaping from the tallest thing I can find,” Gerwig said during an interview with TIME senior editor Lucy Feldman at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year gala in West Hollywood on Tuesday. Gerwig is one of 12 women recognized this year for their contributions to building a more equal world. og:url: https://time.com/video/vTJ4RWZ8/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vTJ4RWZ8/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Greta Gerwig's Interview at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year Gala twitter:description: For writer, director, and actress Greta Gerwig, the excitement of a project comes in taking on a film with an “element of adventure.” “A great thrill that I get is figuring out how to build my wings on the way down, just kind of leaping from the tallest thing I can find,” Gerwig said during an interview with TIME senior editor Lucy Feldman at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year gala in West Hollywood on Tuesday. Gerwig is one of 12 women recognized this year for their contributions to building a more equal world. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vTJ4RWZ8/poster.jpg?width=720 --- * Entertainment # Greta Gerwig's Interview at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year Gala ## Video: Greta Gerwig's Interview at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year Gala [Watch (HLS stream): Greta Gerwig's Interview at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year Gala](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vTJ4RWZ8.m3u8) (12:32)  _Published 2024-03-06. For writer, director, and actress Greta Gerwig, the excitement of a project comes in taking on a film with an “element of adventure.” “A great thrill that I get is figuring out how to build my wings on the way down, just kind of leaping from the tallest thing I can find,” Gerwig said during an interview with TIME senior editor Lucy Feldman at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year gala in West Hollywood on Tuesday. Gerwig is one of 12 women recognized this year for their contributions to building a more equal world._ --- Mar 6, 2024 8:20 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Women of the Year | Greta Gerwig](/video/3kDPmdxp/) ### Women of the Year | Greta Gerwig [Megan Rapinoe's Toast at the 2023 TIME Women of the Year Gala](/video/R20Ds2BZ/) ### Megan Rapinoe's Toast at the 2023 TIME Women of the Year Gala [Behind the Cover: Greta Gerwig](/video/GeeYeWSX/) ### Behind the Cover: Greta Gerwig --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Greta Gerwig's Interview at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year Gala","description":"For writer, director, and actress Greta Gerwig, the excitement of a project comes in taking on a film with an “element of adventure.”\n\n“A great thrill that I get is figuring out how to build my wings on the way down, just kind of leaping from the tallest thing I can find,” Gerwig said during an interview with TIME senior editor Lucy Feldman at the 2024 TIME Women of the Year gala in West Hollywood on Tuesday. Gerwig is one of 12 women recognized this year for their contributions to building a more equal world.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vTJ4RWZ8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-03-06T05:58:34.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vTJ4RWZ8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/vTJ4RWZ8/","duration":"PT12M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/vTJ4RWZ8/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```