Taraji P. Henson shed in tears during an interview with Gayle King as The Color Purple star unveiled about reaching her breaking point with being underpaid in Hollywood.
I’m just attempt of working so hard, being gracious at what I do and getting paid a fraction of the cost,” Henson said.
I’m tired of hearing my sisters say the same stuff for hundreds times. You get tired. I hear people go, ‘You work a lot.’ Well, I have to. The math ain’t math-ing.
When you start working a lot, you have a team. Big bills come with what we do. We don’t do this alone.
It’s a entire team behind us. They have to get paid.
Taraji P. Henson also gave insight into how quickly $10 million in earnings can be broken down for an actress.
“When you hear someone go, ‘Such and such made $10 million,’ that didn’t make it to their account,” she later said.
Off the top, Uncle Sam is getting 50%. Now have $5 million. Your team is getting 30% off what you gross, not after what Uncle Same took. Now do the math. I’m just a human.