Sarah Polley on sexual harassment on set as "an everyday experience" that can and will change. https://t.co/txFCfKGYfn#TIFF17pic.twitter.com/aqUSxHrgMP
— Radheyan Simonpillai (@JustSayRad) September 7, 2017
- Talks about how sexual harassment and even assault is incredibly common and an every day occurence
- When she was 9 she worked on a film where a camera operator said sexist things when she asked him to stop because his comments made her hate men he told her "You won’t be saying that when you’re 40 and you’ve got cobwebs in your box."
- A female camera operator later asked her not to speak out because when she did the camera operator would lash out at all the women on set
- Sexual harassment is a big reason why she quit acting in her 20s
- Said she would speak out about sexual harassment on set now, but points out she's 38 and it's taken her decades to get to that point
- Says she has hope for the Canadian film industry having more gender balance eventually stopping the harassment but points out that it's mostly white women making progress in that area