Julie Delpy Apologizes for Comment

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Julie Delpy sorry for comment on Hollywood diversity - Actress and writer Julie Delpy says she's "very sorry for how I expressed myself" in comments made at Sundance Film Festival on Friday about diversity in Hollywood. She clarified her thoughts to Entertainment Weekly on Saturday:

“It was never meant to diminish the injustice done to African-American artists or to any other people that struggle for equal opportunities and rights, on the contrary. All I was trying to do is to address the issues of inequality of opportunity in the industry for women as well (as I am a woman). I never intended to underestimate anyone else’s struggle! We should stay alert and united and support each other to change this unfair reality and don’t let anyone sabotage our common efforts by distorting the truth," she said in a statement. “Again I’m so sorry for this unfortunate misunderstanding, people who know me, know very well that I can’t stand inequality and injustice of any kind.”

Delpy was apologizing for the way her comments in The Wrap came across.

Asked about the current state of Hollywood demographics, she told The Wrap's Jeff Sneider, “Two years ago, I said something about the Academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media. It’s funny — women can’t talk. I sometimes wish I were African American because people don’t bash them afterward.”

She continued, "It’s the hardest to be a woman. Feminists is something people hate above all. Nothing worse than being a woman in this business. I really believe that.”

Delpy, best known for her Oscar-nominated writing and acting work in the Before Sunset trilogy, is one of several stars in Hollywood speaking out about the lack of diversity in the Academy.