Backstage after the show, Wang expanded on her remarks, telling the Los Angeles Times, "I had to constantly have this battle in my head of, on the one hand, 'Why do I deserve any money from people who don't necessarily know me?' ... Why should I be entitled to that? As a filmmaker, you need that money to go make a film ... . I want to encourage women to be entitled, because men have been entitled for a long time. And we need your stories."