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Williams won the award for her role as Gwen Verdon's on FX's 'Fosse/Verdon.'

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00:00Now what happens?

00:13Hi, Michelle. I'm Charlie from Showbiz Express. How are you doing?

00:16Hi, I'm fine. How are you?

00:17Congratulations. Very well. Thanks.

00:20Just two questions. What was the most fun going into Bob Fosse's world?

00:25And what was the most daunting in taking on the role of Gwen Verdon?

00:30The most fun was the singing and the dancing because when you're singing and dancing,

00:34you sort of feel like you're a child.

00:36You forget about logic and you follow a melody and a rhythm.

00:43And the hardest thing was probably...

00:47I found the aging was difficult, too.

00:51I'd never really wanted to age on film because I was worried about the prosthetics

00:56and not being able to access a real kind of like translucent human quality underneath plastic and things.

01:03But I worked with two women who I love, Nicole Bridgeford and Jackie Rosado.

01:10They did my hair and makeup and we just kept refining it to a place where it felt really natural.

01:15And so in the end, my favorite part of playing her was playing her when she was 64.

01:22Thanks.

01:24Hi, Michelle.

01:25Hi.

01:26Chris Beecham with Gold Derby.

01:27Hi, hi.

01:27What do you think Gwen Verdon would have to say about tonight?

01:32Old Gwen or young Gwen?

01:34Either one.

01:38She, gosh, it's so hard.

01:40It's hard to put words into somebody's mouth.

01:43I don't know.

01:44I'm sure that she would have.

01:45Everybody who, whenever I meet somebody who knew her,

01:49the thing that they say over and over again was,

01:51she was just the kindest person I ever knew.

01:54And so I'm sure that she would have nothing but warmth and loveliness

01:58and hugs and champagne bubbles about tonight.

02:03Michelle, to the left.

02:05Yes.

02:05Angela Bishop from Network 10 Australia.

02:07Congratulations.

02:09You spoke brilliantly, might I say, about pay parity and you made a plea.

02:15Was it hard for you to achieve that?

02:18And was what had happened on All the Money in the World part of what influenced you

02:22to really fight your own fights?

02:25It was very much.

02:26It sort of woke me up.

02:28I think that I'd always known how difficult it was.

02:32I'd known from the inside how difficult it was to feel like you were ever really getting ahead.

02:39And it felt like no matter how many accolades I amassed,

02:42I still couldn't make that translate into like retirement money

02:49or something that really felt like long-term security.

02:53And so the discrepancy in All the Money in the World was so huge

02:59that it really illustrated a larger point, not just for myself, obviously,

03:04but as I've said before, if it was this difficult for me,

03:07a white woman in a privileged industry,

03:08how difficult is it for women of color across all industries?

03:13And so while tonight is a kind of like fairytale ending for me

03:16and for my own personal story,

03:18there really won't be any satisfaction for me until the larger message is heard.

03:24And that's what I really wanted to point out tonight.

03:28When you look at the numbers, 52% on the dollar is what a Hispanic woman will make

03:36compared to a white male, 62%.

03:40The numbers rise incrementally as you go on.

03:43The numbers aren't out yet for Native women,

03:45but they expect them to be worse than for Hispanic women.

03:50And we have time for just one more question.

03:52Michelle.

03:52Michelle, hi.

03:54Libby from IndieWire.

03:55Hi, Libby.

03:56I know that you spoke about Nicole and Jackie

04:00and working closely with them throughout the process.

04:02What does it feel like knowing that their work, too,

04:04was recognized at the Creative Arts Emmys Awards last weekend?

04:08Thank you so much for asking that.

04:10It felt like something had come full circle.

04:14When we embarked on this journey together,

04:18we really didn't know each other that well.

04:19And because the journey to aging Gwen was so delicate and so difficult,

04:25because as Gwen aged, she didn't become in and down.

04:30She actually aged up and out, kind of like a flower going towards the sun.

04:35So how do you make somebody at once older,

04:37but still luminous and efforting to be younger?

04:42It's a huge challenge.

04:44And both Jackie and Nicole, they're young women,

04:46and they are, in a sense, early in their careers.

04:48But they stayed inside of the process with me,

04:51and they were never afraid to look at problems and say,

04:54this thing still isn't working.

04:55It's still not working.

04:57And we kept refining and refining and being as meticulous as possible

05:02while treating each other with a lot of love and respect.

05:05And so as a result, we've become sort of bonded for life

05:10because we went on this journey together,

05:11and we were honest with each other,

05:14but we were kind with each other.

05:16And because of that, I really share this with them

05:20because I definitely couldn't have done it without them

05:22because it required so much help,

05:24and they were there for me every second of every take of every scene.

05:28So thank you.

05:30Thank you, everyone.

Michelle Williams Talks Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series Win | Emmys 2019

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