I like them to face the same way.
OK.
PRESS: How's it going? - Hello.
PRESS: Congratulations. - Thank you.
PRESS: Julissa from BlackTree TV.
Thank you for always being a true reflection
and representation of black love, let me say that.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
PRESS: You're always vocal about the differences
between black actors and white actors and opportunities.
So apologies in advance for this loaded question,
but I do think it needs to be addressed.
Go for it.
PRESS: Are you aware of the disparities
between the opportunities given to black journalists,
in comparison to our white counterparts?
And do you think there's any plan in Hollywood to make sure
that the media room starts to reflect
the diversity that we're beginning
to see in the industry?
I told you it's a loaded question,
but it needs to be addressed.
Just taking a look around the room, like, you got a point.
It's a lot of white people.
You know, I had never paid attention.
And shame on me for not having done so.
But maybe this conversation is the beginning
of something taking place.
It is-- you get that conversation
when you're a young person.
You've got to work twice as hard to get just as far.
And that-- I don't know if that holds true exactly or whatnot.
But it's something that's been etched,
burned into my mind to be able to receive
similar opportunities.
The latitude for mistakes is less.
If we had president number 44 talking about grabbing people
by the vagina, I don't think he'd still be work-- you know,
he wouldn't have lasted eight years.
So it is-- representation, diversity,
making sure that everyone's voice can be heard
is important.
So thank you for bringing it up to me.
I'm sorry I hadn't paid attention.
Sure.
PRESS: Hi, Sterling.
Back here-- Maureen from "Entertainment Weekly."
Congratulations.
Thank you.
PRESS: I wanted to ask-- you have received so much
awards, love for this role.
And you are always so gracious about thanking
the rest of your cast.
So what does it mean to you to get this award tonight, as well
as receive the Ensemble Award?
This was awesome.
[COUGHS] Excuse me.
I have lost my voice.
I had a cold that was going around.
And then I was in Vegas for work.
[LAUGHING]
But my cast has been so generous in celebrating
me and this wonderful journey that I've
been on that tonight we get a chance to celebrate each other.
We get a chance to celebrate together.
This is the dream.
We were all waiting for them to say "The Handmaid's Tale."
And we were all waiting to politely
and, you know, deservedly, say, "Handmaid's Tale" is dope.
But when they called our network television drama,
don't none of these other shows look like us.
Like, the fact that we get a chance to come and we won.
This is a very special night.
And I told my cast, this is like a top-five special night,
in terms of these awards.
It's so nice to be able to do it with your family.
Yeah.
Is it mine? PRESS: Hi.
Hi.
PRESS: Congratulations.
Thank you.
PRESS: Regarding the Time's Up conversation,
do you think male actors can do more
to support women in terms of safety
at work and about pay disparity? - Oh, good questions.
OK, first question first--
you can hear me down here? PRESS: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
OK.
It just feels-- for me, it has been a wonderful opportunity
to take stock of the fact that I actually have privilege
and that I have male privilege and recognizing
that things that--
I take a lot of things for granted.
I remember when my wife and I would go home.
We lived in New York.
We went to grad school at NYU.
And we would be up late for rehearsal.
And I'd say, well, I'm going take the subway home.
And she's like, I ain't going to take the subway home,
it's 12 o'clock, why am I going to jump on the subway?
I was like, the subway is perfectly safe,
what are you talking about?
And so I would get in the cab with her, because she's like,
it's safe for you, or maybe you think it's safe for you,
but it's a different world for me.
And it's always the responsibility
of the minority to understand how to negotiate
the majority's world.
Black people got to know how to live in a white world.
Gay people have to know how to live in a straight world.
Women have to know how to live in a man's world.
But it's nice when people who are at the top
take a second to look at and consider what
it's like for the minority.
And what the Time's Up Movement has been about for me is just
really taking stock of the fact that there are
certain things that I have not registered
and I can be more conscientious.
And hopefully, it's registered with other men
in a similar way--
that things that are funny to you,
may not be funny to everyone and that there is a responsibility
that we have to make sure that our work environment is
comfortable for all, because it's
not always about maliciousness and nastiness.
Sometimes it's just about downright thoughtlessness.
And we can all stand to be a bit more thoughtful.
With regards to pay disparity, I'll
let you know when I make a lot of money what that's like.
But I'm still, you know, climbing my up.
Yeah.