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- "Over 11,000 TV and film
writers are currently on strike.

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What are your thoughts on
their decision to strike

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and what they're asking
for from the studios?"

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I completely stand with the writers

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because I think that all of the streamers

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in these networks are pulling
from an old, very, very old,

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archaic rules that don't
benefit writers right now.

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Hell, they hardly benefit actors.

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So I know what I go through
when I work for a streamer.

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You can do something and not
come back to work for a year,

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and it stops you from getting other work.

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So with writers, you know,

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ultimately, what you write
is affecting the longevity,

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you know, your life, your career.

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You're taking care of your family.

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You depend on that money as you get older,

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and you work hard.

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It's not easy to bring
thoughts from your head

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and put them on paper.

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And so you're fighting for your rights.

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Why should all of these
streamers make all of the money

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and you're looking at your
paycheck going, "I don't know

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if I'll be able to pay my
mortgage over the long run."

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I write my own jokes,
but I'm not in the union,

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but I completely, completely
stand with the writers

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and what they're asking for.

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Pay them what they're
worth because, you know,

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you're not quantifying all
that money that you're making

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but you're making it.

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Somebody's taking it home,
and it's not the writers.

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They're the backbone
of what you have to do.