'I see this as an acknowledgement of what is possible when a woman is trusted to discern her own needs'
Michelle Williams took a moment out from accepting the award for best lead actress in a limited series for"Fosse/Verdon" to talk about equal pay at the 2019 Emmy Awards on Sunday night.
She explained that during the production for the series, she asked for more dance classes and voice lessons, along with extra adjustments to help her get more into character -- and was met with a"yes" from the studio. "They understood that when you put value into a person, it empowers that person to get in touch with their own inherent value -- and then where do they put that value, they put it into their work," she stated.
Williams was famously paid less than $1,000 for re-shoots for the movie"All the Money in the World," while her co-star, Mark Wahlberg, made $1.5 million, which made her earnings less than 1% of his.
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