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This effort really started with conversations among agents at CAA and grew from there.
How quickly did it go from a few to several hundred?Oh, a week?
There have been regular meetings as you figured out how all of this was going to take shape.
What has been the tone and the discussion at these meetings?
Im wondering how you arrived at that organizational structure.There are many different issues to address.
Its not only our industry, its every industry.
So we really wanted to create an action around that that would be immediate.
Thats why we started the Times Up Legal Defense Fund.
Its for people who cannot afford the legal aid, in any industry.
So far more than 7,000 people have donated.
Weve gotten donations already from all 50 states and more than 60 countries.
Its clearly an issue thats resonating with a lot of people.
Do you know how the legal fund will be administered?
There will be more announcements as the year continues.
We have a lot of things in action.
Right, theres also the50/50 by 2020effort.
50/50 by 2020 is very specific on both of those fronts.
There are concrete things that have to change as part of that.
Those are difficult decisions to make.
I think everyone wants to change this culture that feels dangerous to more than half of the population.
The reporting on the Weinstein abuse really was the tipping point for doing something about all of this.
Why do you think that was what pushed things over the edge?
Im also wondering to what extent the political climate outside of Hollywood has emboldened people to take action.
And branching out to new industries as well.
Thats part of the movement.
Are you going to the Golden Globes on Sunday?Yes.
I know that the black-out effort is another thing that Times Up is spearheading.
