As part of our latest cover story, EW asked the women their thoughts on the sexist attacks.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lets talk about the backlash to an all-femaleGhostbusters.
McCARTHY:I just thought, Really?
Credit: Hopper Stone
Are we still there?
First of all, they are fictitious characters, [and] so are the original.
So to get into, Well that cant be?
Well, the first ones werent real either.
I cant make heads or tails of it, and then I never gave it another thought.
You just have to go, Well, I hope you get out a little more.
The world is fun.
I really think its the minority.
It got so bad you threatened to quit Twitter over it.
JONES:Oh yeah, I got a picture of a guy shooting a black woman in the head.
I thought, Okay, Im going to take a break from going on there.
These are crazy people.
It was time to start using silence as a weapon.
Im starting to learn that its more deadly than saying anything.
Its a Ghostbuster thing.
Thats all Ive got to say.
JONES:Nah, [because] Im not ever scared.
McKINNON:Thats Leslie Jones, ladies and gentlemen.
JONES:Im not saying I dont have fear but this wasnt real.
And the real fact is if those people were in my face, they wouldnt say any of it.
Theyd be like, Leslie Jones, How you doing?
When the movie comes out, its going to shut everybody up.
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