Colin Farrell and Michael Kelly Join WGA Picket in New York City

Oscar-winner Colin Farrell and fellow actor Michael Kelly turned out to support protesters striking with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday, May 25.

Video posted to Facebook by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand shows Farrell and Kelly vocalizing their support for the striking writers.

“It’s unfair what’s going on,” said Farrell, adding that writers “need to be fairly compensated for the beauty of what they do.”

“Every audition I’ve ever done, every commercial, it’s always been off the backs of the creativity of the writers,” Farrell said. “They are the genesis of all that we do.”

WGA strikes have been ongoing as of May 2. Credit: Sen Kirsten Gillibrand via Storyful

Video Transcript

COLIN FARRELL: The writers give the possibility to make. So it's just-- it's unfair what's going on. The business is changing, and the writers need to be fairly compensated for the beauty of what they do. And I'm grateful for the talents and the efforts and the endeavors of writers over the years.

MICHAEL KELLY: We're so grateful. We're nothing without them, nothing without them.

COLIN FARRELL: Yeah, totally. No, no, no, even back to drama school, like, it's not like I was performing my own monologues. Do you know what I mean?

MICHAEL KELLY: [LAUGHS] Never.

COLIN FARRELL: Every audition I've ever done, every commercial, it's always been off the backs of the creativity of writers. They are the genesis of all that we do. So that's why we're here today.

MICHAEL KELLY: Right on, man. I couldn't have said it any better. Way to go, buddy.

- Cheers, Colin.

MICHAEL KELLY: Very good, right on.

COLIN FARRELL: The writers give the possibility to make. So it's just-- it's unfair what's going on. The business is changing, and the writers need to be fairly compensated for the beauty of what they do. And I'm grateful for the talents and the efforts and the endeavors of writers over the years.

MICHAEL KELLY: We're so grateful. We're nothing without them, nothing without them.

COLIN FARRELL: Yeah, totally. No, no, no, even back to drama school, like, it's not like I was performing my own monologues. Do you know what I mean?

MICHAEL KELLY: [LAUGHS] Never.

COLIN FARRELL: Every audition I've ever done, every commercial, it's always been off the backs of the creativity of writers. They are the genesis of all that we do. So that's why we're here today.

MICHAEL KELLY: Right on, man. I couldn't have said it any better. Way to go, buddy.

- Cheers, Colin.

MICHAEL KELLY: Very good, right on.