Tonya Mosley

It's also, I would imagine, personal growth.

Scarlett, you discovered not too long ago that you had family lost in the Holocaust.

Is that right?

You mentioned earlier your grandmother.

And I wondered if you had had a chance to talk with your grandparents about what you had discovered before they passed away.

I want to talk a little bit about your career, June.

I've heard you say that you knew you wanted to be an actor from the moment you left the womb.

And I was just wondering what kind of career did you envision for yourself?

Your Broadway debut was in the musical Gypsy in 1959.

You developed this nickname, the dirtiest mouth on Broadway?

Yes, because I had a dirty mouth.

Okay, paint a picture for us.

Of course, this is NPR, so you can't use all the words.

Tell me about your path into comedy.

When you stepped into theater, were you always taking on these kind of roles, or how did you find that voice, that comedic side of you?

Scarlett, you mentioned that you grew up in New York and your grandmother also lived there, too.

Can you talk about your grandmother and the time that you spent with her as a kid and maybe how that informed you directing this movie?

Let's take a short break, you guys.

My guests today are Scarlett Johansson, who directed Eleanor the Great, and June Squibb, who plays the title role.

I'm Tanya Mosley.