Julie Delpy Says Hollywood Dumps on Women Most: ‘I Sometimes Wish I Were African American’ (Video)
Sundance 2016: “Nothing worse than being a woman in this business,” actress says at TheWrap’s interview studio
http://www.thewrap.com/julie-delpy-hollywood-dumps-women-sometimes-wish-african-american/
Frustration over Hollywood’s diversity debate bubbled over at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, as actress and writer Julie Delpy said she felt muzzled by the industry and added that there’s “nothing worse than being a woman in this business.”
Delpy, who was Oscar-nominated as a writer both for “Before Midnight” and “Before Sunset,” said that she said she has raised the issue of how few women were members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was shut down.
“Two years ago, I said something about the Academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media,” she told TheWrap’s Jeff Sneider. “It’s funny — women can’t talk. I sometimes wish I were African American because people don’t bash them afterward.”
She went on: “It’s the hardest to be a woman. Feminists is something people hate above all. Nothing worse than being a woman in this business. I really believe that.”
Delpy appeared at TheWrap’s interview studio at Sundance on Friday to promote a new Todd Solondoz film “Weiner Dog” along with co-stars Danny DeVito and Kieran Culkin.
DeVito was similarly harsh in his assessment of Hollywood — and the rest of the United States. “It’s unfortunate that we’re xenophobic, it’s unfortunate that women make 30 percent less than men in various times,” he said. “I just found out happens in the film business. women are hired for less money than men.”
Behind the scenes, Delpy said she was frustrated at having trouble getting her movies made.
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Here is Julie Delpy's Totally Bullshit "Some of My Best Friends..." Non-Apology
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/23/julie-delpy-sorry-comments-hollywood-diversity
Actress Julie Delpy has clarified statements she made Friday at the Sundance Film Festival about diversity in Hollywood, and how women have it harder than any group in the industry.
“I’m very sorry for how I expressed myself,” Delpy said in a statement released exclusively to EW on Saturday. “It was never meant to diminish the injustice done to African American artists or to any other people that struggle for equal opportunities and rights, on the contrary. All I was trying to do is to address the issues of inequality of opportunity in the industry for women as well (as I am a woman). I never intended to underestimate anyone else’s struggle! We should stay alert and united and support each other to change this unfair reality and don’t let anyone sabotage our common efforts by distorting the truth.”
Delpy added, “Again I’m so sorry for this unfortunate misunderstanding, people who know me, know very well that I can’t stand inequality and injustice of any kind.”
The two-time Oscar nominee’s original comments came during an interview with The Wrap at Sundance, in which she recalled speaking up about the makeup of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2014.
“Two years ago, I said something about the Academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media,” she said. “It’s funny — women can’t talk. I sometimes wish I were African-American, because people don’t bash them afterward.”
She added, “It’s the hardest to be a woman. Feminists is something people hate above all. Nothing worse than being a woman in this business. I really believe that.”
Sundance 2016: “Nothing worse than being a woman in this business,” actress says at TheWrap’s interview studio
http://www.thewrap.com/julie-delpy-hollywood-dumps-women-sometimes-wish-african-american/
Frustration over Hollywood’s diversity debate bubbled over at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, as actress and writer Julie Delpy said she felt muzzled by the industry and added that there’s “nothing worse than being a woman in this business.”
Delpy, who was Oscar-nominated as a writer both for “Before Midnight” and “Before Sunset,” said that she said she has raised the issue of how few women were members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was shut down.
“Two years ago, I said something about the Academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media,” she told TheWrap’s Jeff Sneider. “It’s funny — women can’t talk. I sometimes wish I were African American because people don’t bash them afterward.”
She went on: “It’s the hardest to be a woman. Feminists is something people hate above all. Nothing worse than being a woman in this business. I really believe that.”
Delpy appeared at TheWrap’s interview studio at Sundance on Friday to promote a new Todd Solondoz film “Weiner Dog” along with co-stars Danny DeVito and Kieran Culkin.
DeVito was similarly harsh in his assessment of Hollywood — and the rest of the United States. “It’s unfortunate that we’re xenophobic, it’s unfortunate that women make 30 percent less than men in various times,” he said. “I just found out happens in the film business. women are hired for less money than men.”
Behind the scenes, Delpy said she was frustrated at having trouble getting her movies made.
UPDATED:
Here is Julie Delpy's Totally Bullshit "Some of My Best Friends..." Non-Apology
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/23/julie-delpy-sorry-comments-hollywood-diversity
Actress Julie Delpy has clarified statements she made Friday at the Sundance Film Festival about diversity in Hollywood, and how women have it harder than any group in the industry.
“I’m very sorry for how I expressed myself,” Delpy said in a statement released exclusively to EW on Saturday. “It was never meant to diminish the injustice done to African American artists or to any other people that struggle for equal opportunities and rights, on the contrary. All I was trying to do is to address the issues of inequality of opportunity in the industry for women as well (as I am a woman). I never intended to underestimate anyone else’s struggle! We should stay alert and united and support each other to change this unfair reality and don’t let anyone sabotage our common efforts by distorting the truth.”
Delpy added, “Again I’m so sorry for this unfortunate misunderstanding, people who know me, know very well that I can’t stand inequality and injustice of any kind.”
The two-time Oscar nominee’s original comments came during an interview with The Wrap at Sundance, in which she recalled speaking up about the makeup of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2014.
“Two years ago, I said something about the Academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media,” she said. “It’s funny — women can’t talk. I sometimes wish I were African-American, because people don’t bash them afterward.”
She added, “It’s the hardest to be a woman. Feminists is something people hate above all. Nothing worse than being a woman in this business. I really believe that.”
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