Taraji P. Henson Broke Down in Tears When Asked About Quitting Acting, Says She’s Still Not Paid Fairly: ‘Enough Is Enough! This Industry Will Steal Your Soul’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Taraji P. Henson broke down in tears during a SiriusXM interview with Gayle King while promoting her new film, “The Color Purple.” King asked the Oscar and Emmy-nominated actor if she was still thinking about quitting acting, which King had humors of Henson previously saying.
Henson responded by revealing she has hit her breaking point in Hollywood since she continues to be underpaid. “I’m just tired 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 thing over and over.
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 whole team behind us. They have to get paid.” “When you hear someone go, ‘Such and such made $10 million,’ that didn’t make it to their account,” Henson continued. “Off the top, Uncle Sam is getting 50%.
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