Los Angeles Nov 25 (IANS) Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal thinks prostitution should be decriminalised to make it safer.
In an interview to ELLE magazine Gyllenhaal who essays a sex worker in her new TV show "The Deuce" said that it would be safer and healthier for everyone involved in the industry if it was no longer a criminal act reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"Who needs a union more than a prostitute? I m quoting David Simon (show creator) actually and I agree with him. My instinct is to say decriminalise it and make sure everybody s safe healthy and taken care of " said Gyllenhaal.
Gyllenhaal -- who has daughters Ramona 11 and Gloria 5 with husband Peter Sarsgard is working as a producer on the programme which also stars James Franco -- because she wanted to be involved in the "storytelling process".
"There was a little part of me that was concerned (that) they weren t interested in telling the same story as I was interested in telling. That s why I asked to become a producer because I wanted to have some guarantee that I would be included in the storytelling process " she said.
"The joke on set was Maggie what kept you up last night? There was always one thing that I would write a long email about at night. I would say Here are the tiny things. If you don t do these fine but you must do this " Gyllenhaal added.
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