Greta Gerwig speaks during TIME Women of the Year 2024 in West Hollywood on March 5, 2024.
“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—each nominated for “Best Picture” at the Academy Awards.
When asked what she wants her future self to remember about this moment in her life, Gerwig said, “I hope that the thing I remember is how amazing and fun it is,” before adding, “and how—and this sounds totally superficial but you know, when you go to these events and you put on clothes and part of me is like, ‘I don’t know’—I looked great.”
“That’s sort of a hard thing to feel all the time, and I think when I’m 80, I’ll be like, ‘Look at you! You’re 40! You look wonderful.’” TIME Women of the Year was sponsored by P&G, Rolex, Ray Ban-Meta, Donna Karan, FIJI Water, Campari, and Mattel.