- [Interviewer 1] Incredible speech out there,
and I think that was incredibly galvanizing
for the room to see.
I think there's just some confusion about
what specifically you might have been sharing,
if there's any clarity, that would be wonderful.
And thank you for it.
- (laughs) No, I said it as I intended to.
- [Interviewer 2] Hello.
- Hello.
- [Interviewer 2] And congratulations, first of all.
How is your (mumbles) project going?
- In the distant future.
Yeah, good question, long way to go.
- [Interviewer 3] Michelle?
Hi, congratulations. - Hi.
- [Interviewer 3] This speech, your Emmy speech,
are maybe two of the most personal and inspirational,
and yet prepared for public speeches I've ever heard.
What has given you the courage and the insight,
and has it been hard for you
to present yourself in this way?
Because it's very important for all of us.
- Thank you so much.
It has been, and by nature I'm a shy person.
But I'm about to turn 40.
And I realized that,
over a great span of time, I've changed,
and I've become stronger and I've become more able,
and I've found my voice, and I wanted to be able to use it,
because I know when other people have used their voice,
I know what a difference it's made in my life.
And I also feel like at this age, and where I am in my life,
I have so much to give,
and it would be negligent of me to not try,
from this position,
to hand back everything that was handed over to me.
Thank you.
(applause)
- [Interviewer 4] Oh, okay.
Hi, Michelle, congratulations.
Over here. - Hi.
- [Interviewer 4] Hi, congrats.
- Thank you.
- [Interviewer 4] Yeah, like everyone said,
your speech was truly incredible,
and I did want to know if you were
speaking on any personal experience at all,
and if there's anything you'd like to add
to the young women who listen to you today?
- Not really, somehow I managed to fit it all into
a minute and a half.
There's so much to say,
but everything I wanted to say tonight, in that way,
I think, from what I remember, happened up on the stage.
Thanks.
- [Announcer] Last question right over--
- [Angela] Here?
- [Announcer] Yep, last question.
- [Angela] Michelle,
Angela Bishop from Network 10 Australia. How are you?
Congratulations.
- Thank you so much.
- [Angela] What Jamie mentioned, your Emmy speech,
where you spoke about pay parity
for women in all professions,
do you feel there's been progress on that
since your speech, particularly in Hollywood,
where you've seen it firsthand?
And are you hopeful, likewise, that tonight's speech
may see change in the not too distant future?
- It's hard for me to say
because I'm not on the inside of everyone's story,
or what is happening or changing in everyone's lives.
Also, all I can say is what I know
from people coming up to me, and the experience that I had
after the giving the speech at the Emmys,
and having women come up to me and talk to me
about how it affected them, or how it helped them,
or how it changed what they asked for from their bosses,
or bosses coming up to me and saying how it changed
what they gave to their female employees.
It is the greatest professional thing
that has ever happened to me.
And so I felt like tonight, if I was lucky enough to win,
I couldn't not say something else that was on my mind,
in the hopes that somebody would hear it.
Thank you.
- [Interviewer 6] Michelle, my love.
- Hi, dear.
- [Interviewer 6] We saw you in Cabaret,
and you were fantastic.
- Thank you. - (mumbles)
So when can we see you again on stage?
- It's the next thing I want to do,
it's the next thing I'm going to do.
But I got a little time to take off first.
So yeah, after I take off some time,
then that'll be the next thing I do
is go back and do another play.
- [Audience Member] (mumbles)
- I'll tell you in a minute (laughs).
Okay, thank you. - [Announcer] Thank you.