colonial williamsburg. >> jimmy: welcome back. still to come, melanie fiona. our next guest is one of the most powerful and persuasive producers in the history of the film industry -- last night he made magic once again as "the artist" won best picture at the academy awards. please say hello to harvey weinstein. [ applause ] congratulations. you must love monday mornings after the oscars because you always seem to win about 30 of them. >> we stay up all night too which is even better. >> jimmy: how many have you won so far? >> we've been nominated for 303 and we've won 90. >> jimmy: 90. [ applause ] wow. and yet when you don't win you probably still get mad, right? >> we still stay up all night. >> jimmy: you still get angry. >> and we still party. >> jimmy: did you celebrate? >> we celebrated with about 1,000 people. first we started at the governor's ball which is very polite and nice. then we went to our place which is crazy. then "vanity fair" which is elegant. then madonna's...

because madonna's so controversial, she has to work a little harder so she thought i was punishing her. not true. >> jimmy: meryl streep called you god -- >> that is true. >> jimmy: that's -- it's got to be hard to keep your ego in check when meryl streep is calling you god. >> at the 4:00 in the morning the next day, "the artist" also won best comedy so i had to do the "today" show and while she called me god, my four kids were texting and e-mailing me going, ha, ha, dad, you'll pay for this sunday at forever 21 at the mall. this is going to cost you. so all the french guys from "the artist" were supposed to go on the "today" show and be on the show to celebrate their victory and they're french, you know, we couldn't find one, you know, due jordan was dancing on the table, talking to pretty girls and saying let me show you how i did that tap number. the other guys were out drinking champagne. i said to all of them, i'll see you at 4:00 in the morning. i couldn't find anybody. so it's...

>> you know, holding her handbag, you know, i mean it's good for me. >> jimmy: do you feel like people are scared of you in the movie business? >> i don't think so, no. i think it's the image more than -- you know, we've been successful. we've had ups and downs. we've been successful. but we fight for what we believe in. and today when you fight for what you believe in, you get like the critics are so, you know, whiny and whatever that anybody who stands up for what they believe, you know, whatever they criticize you and that's where the reputation comes, not from your peers. >> jimmy: you don't mean the movie critic because by and large the film critics -- well, you won the oscar. >> the film critics like the movie but sometimes, you know, they talk about the company, you know, i mean, you know, listen i grew up as a new york knick fan. sitting and watching michael jordan and the chicago bulls beat us every year, i mean, whenever you get tired of it after a while so i understand that...

she kept calling me, you're about to go in front of 410 million people. said, i wanted to take picture with the kids. last night, meryl streep was more concerned about those kids than she was about winning. there's a great picture. >> jimmy: so you're not a monster after all. [ applause ] well, great to have you here. very interesting to talk to you. keep making great movies. harvey weinstein, everyone. "the artist" still in theaters. we'll be right back with melanie fiona.