"I hope I can be Switzerland" - Jamie Lee Curtis neutral but hopeful on Hollywood strikes

Record ID: 1736703

  • Title: "I hope I can be Switzerland" - Jamie Lee Curtis neutral but hopeful on Hollywood strikes
  • Date: 3rd August 2023
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 3, 2023) (Reuters) ACTOR LEE CURTIS BEING INTERVIEWED ACTOR SHERYL LEE RALPH (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, SAYING: “Obviously we’re in a crisis point in our union issue and you know, I’m not a board member, I’m not a team captain, I’m a worker, I show up, I build signs, I do what I can. I hope I can be Switzerland in all this and say that I hope that both sides see the value of continuing conversation, the issues are real and my hope is that no-one will be happy with a settlement but we will get back to work and that’s just the nature of a settlement that both sides aren’t happy, so we’re all going to have to give up something to get something and I hope that what we get to do ultimately is to continue our work and I’m hoping.” (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, SHERYL LEE RALPH, SAYING: “And believe it or not, everything is going to be alright. It’s hard right now, strikes are difficult, no matter what side you are on, but it’s going to be alright. Because what? Is it going to fail? I don’t think so. But can it better than it is right now? Absolutely and that’s what we’re aiming for. That’s what we’re aiming for and I know it’s going to happen. I know it’s going to happen because it can’t get worse. That wouldn’t be right, that wouldn’t be good.” LEE RALPH ON STAGE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, SHERYL LEE RALPH, SAYING: “When we put people first, that is when real change happens. Because every day, Project Angel Food puts people who need the help first.” LEE RALPH INTRODUCING JAMIE LEE CURTIS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, SAYING: “I knew I was going to follow her. I tried to rearrange the speaking order.” (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, SHERYL LEE RALPH, SAYING: “I want people to know that that happened around the world and people’s response was not one of love, it was one of hatred and my friends were good people, they were kind people, they were loving human beings who to this day still deserve more, just because they’re human beings. That’s what was going through my mind.” VARIOUS OF PHOTOCALL INCLUDING PRODUCER CHUCK LORRE, ACTORS JAMIE LEE CURTIS AND SHERYL LEE RALPH AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, MARIANNE WILLIAMSON (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROJECT ANGEL FOOD FOUNDER AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, SAYING: “But there should not be at this point so many poor people in this city. There should not be so many people hungry in America, there should not be so many people in the richest country in the world who need the services of a Project Angel Food. This is called a rolling emergency. It is not good news that this kind of human suffering is now baked into the cake. That is not good news.” (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROJECT ANGEL FOOD FOUNDER AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, SAYING: “The United States at this point, we have 20 percent of our citizens who are gaining and thriving within America’s economy but 80 percent, it’s like a sea surrounding that island of prosperity and among 80 percent there is huge gargantuan human suffering and those are the clients of Project Angel Food and the clients, there simply should not be so many poor people in the richest country in the world. There should not be so many sick people.” PLACARD WITH ALL THE DONORS TO PROJECT ANGEL FOOD PRODUCER CHUCK LORRE (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRODUCER, CHUCK LORRE, SAYING: “Well if my name goes up on a couple of other buildings, I can challenge Haim Saban for the biggest ego in town.” VARIOUS OF PROJECT ANGEL FOOD WORKERS IN KITCHEN SIGN READING ’16,000,000TH MEAL’ EXTERIOR OF PROJECT ANGEL FOOD
  • Embargoed: 17th August 2023 23:50
  • Keywords: Actors strike Jamie Lee Curtis Project Angel Food Sheryl Lee Ralph
  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,North America,Television
  • Reuters ID: LVA001216403082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Jamie Lee Curtis spoke out about the Hollywood actors strike on Thursday (August 3) saying "I hope I can be Switzerland in all this".
    Lee Curtis spoke to Reuters following a Project Angel Food charity event, for which she is honorary chair.
    The Oscar-winning actor said " I hope that both sides see the value of continuing conversation, the issues are real and my hope is that no-one will be happy with a settlement. But we will get back to work and that’s just the nature of a settlement that both sides aren’t happy, so we’re all going to have to give up something to get something and I hope that what we get to do ultimately is to continue our work.”
    'Abbott Elementary' actor Sheryl Lee Ralph also attended the event as a trustee.
    On the strikes, she said “It’s hard right now, strikes are difficult, no matter what side you are on, but it’s going to be alright. Because what? Is it going to fail? I don’t think so. But can it better than it is right now? Absolutely and that’s what we’re aiming for. That’s what we’re aiming for and I know it’s going to happen. I know it’s going to happen because it can’t get worse.”
    The actors appeared at the official launch of Project Angel Food’s expansion to a second location.
    The organization was founded in 1989 by Marianne Williamson to provide meals for people suffering from HIV and AIDS. Now, it also provides for people with life-threatening illness and the chronically ill.
    Lee Ralph wept as she recalled the early days during the AIDS pandemic.
    She later said “I want people to know that that happened around the world and people’s response was not one of love, it was one of hatred and my friends were good people, they were kind people, they were loving human beings who to this day still deserve more, just because they’re human beings. That’s what was going through my mind.”
    Williamson took to the stage and said it was not “good news” that the organization has expanded so much, saying “There should not be at this point so many poor people in this city. There should not be so many people hungry in America, there should not be so many people in the richest country in the world who need the services of a Project Angel Food.”
    (Production: Remi Acosta, Rollo Ross)
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