>> I'LL START AND I LEFT MY PIECE OF PAPER AT HOME THAT HAD ALL THE SMART THINGS I WAS
GOING TO SAY ON IT, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO WING IT A LITTLE BIT.
FIRST OF ALL, THE FIVE OF US WHO EXECUTIVE PRODUCED HAVE TO THANK SONY AND LIFETIME.
I WISH I COULD SAY THAT WE WERE JUST THANKING THEM FOR SUPPORTING US AND DOING THE FILM
THAT WE WANTED TO DO, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR COURAGE IN PUTTING THIS
ON.
AND THEY HAD THEIR OWN FIGHTS TO GET THIS FILM MADE AND WE ARE DEEPLY, DEEPLY
APPRECIATIVE.
WE HAD FIVE EXTRAORDINARY WRITERS AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
PORTRAYING MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT EASY.
IT'S NOT TIDY.
THERE ARE NO SINGLE EXPERIENCES THAT CAN REPRESENT ALL OF THEM.
THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS.
BUT THESE FIVE WRITERS, I THINK, REACHED INTO THE DEPTHS OF THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR SOULS
AND PORTRAYED MENTAL, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND I AM DEEPLY,
DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THEM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
THIS IS WHY WE DID THIS.
WHEN WE GOT THIS E-MAIL THAT WE WERE GIVEN THIS AWARD, THE 20-HOUR DAYS THAT WE PULLED
FOR SIX MONTHS IN A ROW WERE SUDDENLY JUST WASHED AWAY WITH HAPPINESS CAUSE THIS IS WHY
WE DID IT.
WE WANT TO GET IT OUT TO PEOPLE.
WE WANT TO BE A PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT CARES ABOUT THIS.
THAT WANTS TO DESTIGMATIZE THIS AND JUST PUT SOME LOVE OUT THERE.
AND I WANT TO SAY IN DEFENSE OF OUR CLIP, THAT THE REST OF THE FIVE FILMS ARE REALLY
FUNNY.
WE ACTUALLY DO BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF HUMOR TO HEAL.
WE BELIEVE IN TELLING THE TRUTH AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
AND AS MARTA SAID, THERE ARE MANY VERSIONS OF THE TRUTH IN REALITY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TRICKY, SCARY AREA TO DO SOMETHING IN AS AN ENTERTAINER.
BUT I FEEL THAT IT'S OUR OBLIGATION.
I KNOW EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM FEELS IT'S AN OBLIGATION AND AN HONOR TO GET TO DO SOMETHING
IN RECOVERY AND MENTAL HEALTH AND ENTERTAINMENT.
SO, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.
IT MEANS A LOT TO US.