Why 'Barbie' is sparking big conversations about what it means to be female

As well as shattering box office records, Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” has sparked so many conversations about the unique experience of being a woman. See what the cast and crew had to say about the message of the movie.

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00:00

Hi Barbie. Hi Barbie.

00:07

Turn to the Barbie next to you. Tell her how much you love her. Compliment her. [UPBEAT MUSIC]

00:27

I'm a young, brown daughter of immigrants, short, grew up overweight and poor.

00:34

I had no access to this narrative. And something has shifted enough where

00:42

there's now space for somebody like me in that story. [UPBEAT MUSIC]

01:20

I knew and Margot knew and all the actors knew that what we wanted at the center of it was just a really big heart.

01:27

And that part of it was so important for me that however anarchic or crazy or throwing elbows

01:36

the movie was that the thing that you walk away with was this feeling of this heart in the middle of it.

01:42

OK, ladies. Let's do this.