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More than three years after her passionateOscar acceptance speechwhere she called for equal pay for women, Patricia Arquette says she’s still being offered unfair deals.
“I’ve walked away from several jobs because they were giving me really bulls— deals that were really sh—- and different from men in a really fu—- up way,” Arquette says ina profile withThe Daily Beast.
Arquette, 50, described an unnamed project where she claims she was offered a different pay structure than her male costar, who she said was also an Oscar winner.
“I was like, oh, the structure you set up for me, I would never get paid for this,” Arquette said. “It’s such a bulls— structure, you’d never see a penny of it. It’s fake.”
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In 2015, Arquettewon the Oscarfor Best Supporting Actress for her role inBoyhood, and used part of her acceptance speech to call for wage equity.
“To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights,” the actress said at the time. “It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all. And equal rights for women in the United States of America.”
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The actress, currently promoting the Showtime limited seriesEscape at Dannemora,later clarifiedthat she was not speaking about “actresses or white women,” but all women.
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Since winning an Oscar, Arquette has brought her call forequal pay to the U.N.and the California Senate, and passionatelycalls for a larger conversation.
Escape at Dannemorapremieres Sunday at 10p.m. on Showtime.
source: people.com
