“So often everyone out there hears us on the red carpet and says we are using the time to talk about ourselves and I just want to say Time’s Up x 2,” Regina said.
“The reason why we do this is because we understand our microphones are big and we are speaking for everyone and I’m going to say in the next two years everything I produce – I’m making a vow and it’s going to be tough – will be 50% women.
“I challenge everyone out there who is in a position of power, not just in our industry but in all industries, I challenge you to challenge yourselves and stand with us.”
We cannot get enough of this. Richard Madden was one of the first winners to do this, shouting out his parents, who were in the audience.
“Mum and dad, who flew all the way from Scotland, I wouldn’t be here without you,” he told them.
Host Sandra Oh then did the same when she triumphed for ‘Killing Eve’ and Mahershala Ali, who won for his star turn in ‘Green Book’, namechecked his mother and grandmother in his speech.