I was never, ever paid even a quarter of what the male lead received.
It’s a familiar refrain.
Read on for 20 actresses who have spoken out about wage inequality in Hollywood.
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Catt Sadler
At the end of 2017,E!
She hoped to negotiate and stay on, but decided not to because E!
didnt come close nowhere close, not even remotely close to matching Kennedys salary.
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Its almost insulting because you know you work really hard, Sadler told PEOPLE.
Im a single mom of two kids.
Ive given my all to this connection.
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Ive sacrificed time away from my family and I have dedicated my entire career to this online grid.
And when you learn something like that, it makes you feel very small and underappreciated and undervalued.
The data pipe issued a statement saying E!
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compensates employees fairly and appropriately based on their roles, regardless of gender.
The women of Hollywood took note, and backed up Sadler.
I built the show around myself and the producers, the icon said aboutThe Oprah Winfrey Show.
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We were young women in our 30s trying to figure it out and find our own way.
He actually said to me, Theyre only girls.
Theyre a bunch of girls.
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What do they need more money for?
she recalled in the TIME video.
I go, Well, either theyre gonna get raises or Im gonna sit down.
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I will not work unless they get paid.
And so they did.
I have to give them credit because once I asked, they said yes.
Dale Robinette
They did not fight it.
It doesnt mean that you hate men.
It means equal rights.
If youre doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way.
Its a scary place, she told the magazine.
I was told that female actors are replaceable in films because they just stand behind a guy anyway.
Im still used to being paid like most actresses around the world a lot less than the boys.
But she has hope for the future, and encouraging words for women who feel invisible.
There will be strife.
But women have incredible endurance and incredible strength.
Your ability to deal with it is within you.
“I believe women deserve equal pay,“Schumer wrote in response to critics online.
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“However, I don’t believe I deserve equal pay to Chris and Dave.
They are legends and 2 of the greatest comics of all time.
I would like to say that I have been selling out arenas these last couple years.
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Something a female comic has never done.
I didn’t ask for the same as my friends.
I did ask for more than the initial offer.
I will continue to work my ass off and be the best performer I can be.
The reports of me ‘demanding’ or ‘insisting’ on equal pay to them aren’t a true.”
I mean, we get paid a lot, so its hard to complain.
But the disparity is crazy.
I remember talking to Ruth Bader Ginsburg about it.
Compared to men, in most professions, women make 80 cents to the dollar.
In Hollywood, we are making 30 cents to the dollar.
Lawrence led the charge of women speaking out against the wage gap withan essaypublished in Lena Dunhams Lenny Letter.
I didnt want to seem difficult or spoiled, she wrote.
Im over trying to find the adorable way to state my opinion and still be likable!
F— that.
For her part, Adams prefers to avoid the conversation.
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Do you think women are underpaid?
When Nicholson heard about the disparity, he wrote Keaton a check from his earnings.
It used to be, everybody didnt say anything about it, so it was kind of fine.
Now theyre a little more nervous that somebody will find out what they make vis-a-vis their co-star.
Thats the best vigilance: the vigilance of privilege.
People will always be battling and whining about it.
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When the other side says, You know, I think that sucks thats great.
Nobody is worth the money that Robert Downey Jr. is worth, Paltrow conceded.
But if I told you the disparity, you would probably be surprised.
She didnt name the film or the co-star, but the disparity is staggering regardless.
But its not about how much you get, its about how fair it is.”
It costs the average woman almost half a million dollars over her lifetime, the gender pay gap.
Ive never been paid what the guys get.
I think its part of the male industrial complex to keep women quiet about what their salaries are.
AfterBasic Instinct, no one wanted to pay me, Stone said in a2015 interview.
She described the disparity as a sort of economic blackmail.
Emma Watson
Notedfeminist, beloved Gryffindor,U.N.
But there’s a willingness now to be like, Fine.
Ive been called horrible things.
To me, thats the thing I find so frustrating is calling women spoiled brats and bitches.
We just want to have a voice in our life.
And women always have to do more publicity than the men.
The only way is to make a stand.
We are going to have to make sacrifices to make change.
I want to turn up and feel dignified.”
