Her remarks come one week afterWoman Kinghelmer Gina Prince-Bythewoodspoke out against The Academy’s votershipfor shutting out Black women.
“The film industry is abhorrently unequal in terms of opportunity.
“I wish we were all just getting theOscars.
Andrea Riseborough in ‘To Leslie’.Everett Collection
It’s tough to be pitched against each other.
It took me like 40 years to get even a nomination.”
I don’t think we started the journey thinking this is what we’re aiming for.
Viola Davis in ‘The Woman King’.Ilze Kitshoff/TriStar Pictures
The stories we want to tell are much more important than that.”
“Andrea, she’s in it for the work, dude.
