Greta Gerwig has confessed to eating Cheetos in ‘astonishing quanтιтies’ during film shoots – a habit that might explain why she prefers not to break for lunch while on set.

The Barbie filmmaker and her husband, fellow director Noah Baumbach, have shared their perspectives on the challenges of maintaining creative momentum during a workday. 

Speaking on the Ruthie’s Table 4 podcast, Baumbach, 55, admitted: ‘It’s hard to come back equally strong’ after a lunch break.

Gerwig, 41, suggested a compromise: ‘The one version that works – and I got this from David Lynch – is if you meditate during lunch, it gives you a second morning. 

‘Whether it’s an informal meditation or not, it’s a chance to recharge a little bit before you keep making decisions.’

She added: ‘If you tell the crew you’re going to meditate, they think, in a way, maybe I should do that.’ 

Greta Gerwig has confessed to eating Cheetos in ‘astonishing quanтιтies’ during film shoots – a habit that might explain why she prefers not to break for lunch while on set

The Barbie filmmaker and her husband, fellow director Noah Baumbach, have shared their perspectives on the challenges of maintaining creative momentum during a workday (Greta seen on set) 

Despite her mindfulness approach, Gerwig admitted to less-than-glamorous eating habits when immersed in filmmaking. 

‘I revert to really juvenile food habits. I eat Cheetos in sort of astonishing quanтιтies. Cheetos and Diet Coke.’ 

Baumbach, by contrast, is far more disciplined, favouring salad as his comfort food -much to Gerwig’s exasperation.

‘The fact that your comfort is salad just says everything,’ she joked. ‘He really is the most effortlessly disciplined person I know. And it’s just so annoying.’

The couple, who recently relocated to London as Gerwig prepares to direct Netflix’s reboot of The Chronicles of Narnia, shared their perspectives on filmmaking, food and family while dining at The River Café.

They balance their personal and professional lives with their two sons – five-year-old Harold and another son born in 2023, whose name has not been publicly revealed.

Partners in both life and art, Gerwig and Baumbach met on the set of Baumbach’s 2010 film Greenberg.

They tied the knot in 2022 and have become two of Hollywood’s most celebrated voices.

Partners in both life and art, Gerwig and Baumbach met on the set of Baumbach’s 2010 film Greenberg. They tied the knot in 2022 and have become two of Hollywood’s most celebrated voices

Gerwig directed blockbusters like Barbie, Lady Bird and Little Women, while Baumbach is best known for Marriage Story and Frances Ha.

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Food is central to their lives on and off set.

Gerwig shared the importance of community in filmmaking: ‘I like having cast and crew dinners before we start—long, big dinners.

‘I think one of the reasons I like making movies is because of these communities that spring up and there’s a common purpose, and it’s all kind of impossible.

‘You’re all doing something outrageously vulnerable together, so let’s all have a meal, let’s all eat together.’

Reflecting on her film Barbie, which grossed ore than £1.1 billion at the box office, making it the biggest movie of 2023 and the highest-grossing film ever directed by a woman, Gerwig said: ‘Even on something like Barbie, as Barbie has [previously] existed, as Barbie’s been around since 1959, the logo has gone through a few different versions.

‘The Barbie from my childhood is the big bubble letters… It’s personal to me. If it’s not personal, then what does it matter? It could have been made by anyone.’

The couple, who recently relocated to London as Gerwig prepares to direct Netflix’s reboot of The Chronicles of Narnia, shared their perspectives on filmmaking, food and family while dining at The River Café 

Now deep into Narnia, a project she has nurtured for years, Gerwig told Time: ‘Narnia had been gestating for a long time; I’d written a draft before ever setting foot on the set of Barbie.

‘Knowing that I’d laid the groundwork for Narnia and wanted to return to it—that’s probably something I set up for myself psychologically. 

‘Because I know the right thing, for me anyway, is to keep making movies. Whatever happens, good or bad, you’ve got to keep going.’

For Gerwig and Baumbach, their shared pᴀssions for film, food, and storytelling are at the heart of their partnership.

As Baumbach put it: ‘You get together to have food and talk about music and movies.’