00:00You met with congressional staffers today to advocate for funding for the National Endowment
00:04for the Arts.
00:05How did those meetings go?
00:07I think the meetings were very informative.
00:11I hope on their behalf and certainly on my own behalf, on our behalf, to kind of understand
00:17the funding for National Endowment of the Arts is such an actual, it's very bipartisan.
00:25Everyone seems to agree on funding the arts.
00:29And to hear, there are certain representatives who are not, who couldn't really care maybe
00:36one way or the other and so often are looking for places to slash the budget and so look
00:42to the arts as an easy way to slash the budget.
00:44What was interesting was to hear the reasons why they believed arts funding wasn't important
00:51and to kind of connect with them and talk with them about that to see kind of why, to show
00:56why it is important.
00:57What were some of those reasons you argued that it is important?
01:02National Endowment for the Arts is not funding like big opera houses in our cities like New
01:07York or LA or Chicago.
01:10National Endowment for the Arts gives out grants all over the country.
01:13Every single congressperson has constituents who receive NEA funding.
01:20It is seed money for projects.
01:23It is a seal of approval from a committee that decides, an official committee that decides
01:29to give you money.
01:31And it helps attract private investors.
01:33For every dollar that the NEA gives, $9 is kind of put back into the economy.
01:40So it's one of the most lucrative investments.
01:44I found that a lot of people maybe weren't aware of how lucrative investment in the arts
01:49is.
01:50How might this experience affect your advocacy with organizations like the Creative Coalition
01:56going forward?
01:57I fully support the Creative Coalition and I look forward to all of the work that they
02:01do and fully supporting them in their process.
02:05And for you, so many fans of your show were sad to see that it was canceled.
02:09You know, news is that it probably won't come back, but do you think there's any hope that
02:13another network still might pick it up and we might get more Sex Lives of College Girls?
02:17Maybe.
02:18Maybe.
02:19You know about as much as I do.
02:20So fingers crossed.
02:21We'll see.
02:22Amazing.
02:23Thank you so much.
