Lucia Aniello

And it's like, you know, of course this is a career and it's a livelihood, but it's an expression of oneself.

And for those things to be taken down is really scary.

Right.

So of course, anything new is scary.

But I mean, Warner Brothers has been so amazing, obviously, as HBO Max and have the support that we have there, but also in our overall deal.

Like you said, Channing Dunne is just like an incredible boss.

If you look over at the TV side,

You know, Mike DeLuca and Pam Abdi have made hit after hit after hit for that company.

It's been a generational run, just like nonstop, huge hits.

And so you look at these people who are running, you know, the departments and you're just thinking, these are people who obviously...

are so good and so for us we just would love to continue to work with these people who have been nothing but supportive so fabulous to the creative process and have been just the best so for us all we can do is say we love working with these people we want to continue to work with these people and that's all we can say or know you know it's just like kind of the unknowable of course is scary but like i just hope that they keep those people around because they're the best we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back

Not to defend my man, but Jimmy knew the contract, and I think Debra knew the contract, too.

She just never, ever could have imagined a world where she would have left the show.

You know, we are hearing about it and talking about it so much, but we personally do not use it in any way, shape or form.

We personally won't work with people who use it.

We are completely anti-AI in the creative process in any possible way.

I think it's been completely forced upon the creative world as a way to minimize our talent, minimize our ability to have employment.

And it's frankly insulting.

And I feel badly for this woman because, yes, there should be a more sustainable industry that doesn't force her to be in this position.

So I'm not necessarily frustrated at her, but the system that is forcing her to be in this position.