Taraji P. Henson Reveals She May Quit Acting Over Unfair Pay & Treatment, Grows Emotional Discussing the Exhaustion She Feels

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Taraji P. Henson broke down in an interview over the possibility of quitting acting due to not being paid fairly.

The 53-year-old The Color Purple star also explained how a $10 million paycheck might not be as much as it sounds like. Keep reading to find out more… During a SiriusXM interview with Gayle King, she was asked about a rumor that she might step away from acting. Taraji immediately grew emotional, saying, “I’m just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do [and] getting paid a fraction of the cost.

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.