Oprah shared with Time magazine that when talk shows became co-hosts in 1986, female producers were not paid enough. Well, either my producer is going to get a raise or I'll sit down. I just won't work. I'm not going to work unless they get more money," she told executives.
Despite being the highest-paid actress of 2017, Emma Stone still felt the need to address the pay gap in her career. She told Out magazine, "I need my male co-stars to take pay cuts so I can be equal to them."
In CNN's Women of the World salon, Viola Davis announced that she would no longer "hustle" for her worth, reminding viewers that actresses in color were paid "one-tenth of what white women get" and "half of what men are getting paid."
When Patricia Aquet won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2015, she used her receptive words as an opportunity to remind Hollywood that "all women in every industry deserve to be paid equally." "It's time for us to achieve wage equality together, and American women have equal rights.
Meryl Streep has been a longtime supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. In 2015, the actress revealed that her salary was less than her male co-star. Streep, telling her Oscar-nominated film The Post, told Gloria Steinham: "Equality means equality, and if it starts at the highest level, then none of these ruse will be filtered out and will not be tolerated."
In August 2017, Amy Schumer revealed that the initial value of her negotiations for her Netflix Special Edition Leather Special exceeded the initial $11 million due to comedians Chris Rock and Dave Chappell offering their respective specials of $20 million.
Jessica Chastain made headlines in January 2018 when she revealed she was fighting for a higher salary for herself and Octavia Spencer in an upcoming holiday comedy film. Spencer told her the story, explaining: "She said, 'Octavia, we're going to get you paid for this movie... You and I will be tied together and we will become popular nations, and we will do the same. Fast forward to last week and we're going to do five times what we asked for. “
In October 2015, Jennifer Lawrence published an article about Lenny titled "Why Aren't My Men More Starlike Than My Men?" Solved her question about the Hollywood wage gap.
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