Taraji P. Henson said, “I hear people go, ‘You work a lot.’
The math ain’t mathing.
And when you start working a lot, you know, you have a team.
Big bills come with what we do.”
It’s interesting to hear about the financial side of Hollywood behind the glitz and glamour.
They don’t pay actors like they used to, and with streamers, you no longer get residuals.
I have to pay my publicist every month, and that’s more than my mortgage."
“If I just acted, I wouldn’t be able to afford my life in LA.
I take deals because I have to,” she said.
2.ForMargot Robbie, landing the role ofHarley QuinninSuicide Squadcame with an increased need for personal security.
She continued, “And it’s like, ‘OK, that’s a different kind of career.’
I just wish someone had explained a lot of those things to me early on.
3.Taraji P. Henson toldSirius XM, “I hear people go, ‘You work a lot.’
The math ain’t mathing.
And when you start working a lot, you know, you have a team.
Big bills come with what we do.
We don’t do this alone.
The fact that we’re up here, it’s a whole entire team behind us.
They have to get paid.”
Know that, off the top, Uncle Sam is getting 50%.
Okay, so do the math.
Now we have $5 million.
4.Busy PhilippstoldPage Six, “I have to continually hustle.
It is so true.
Sometimes I think I should just show up a mess at one of these things as a protest.”
“It’s very expensive to be famous,“Sharon StonetoldInStyle.
“You go out to dinner, and there’s 15 people at the table.
And who gets the check?
You get the $3,000 dinner check every single time.”
She also brought up the expense of personal safety.
6.Tiffany Haddish has famously reworn the Alexander McQueen gown she originally bought for theGirls Trippremiere multiple times.
Her initial reaction to its $4,000 price tag was, “Oh, hell no.
This is my mortgage.
I can’t wear this dress.”
She was “devastated” when she learned she couldn’t return it.
She toldPeoplemagazine, “I was very upset that I spent that much money on a dress, period.
Then I was like, ‘Well, I’m going to wear this dress everywhere I go.
I’m going to get my money’s worth.'”
So you kind of stay in debt, in a sense.”
8.Ashley Greene toldMarie Claire, per HuffPost, “Twilighthas ruined me.
When this is all over, flying internationally is going to be very hard for me.
It is just not worth it to buy a first-class ticket, because of the cost.”
“Im lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save.
‘Oh, don’t worry, the residuals come; you’re going to keep making money.’
It’s interesting; it bred a sort of contempt in me.
It’s a tremendous amount of pressure, and I think I self-destructed.”
Christy ended up taking on certain roles for financial reasons.
I did a nude scene.
I believed in the Disney magic; I still do.
I felt so exploited, marked, and horrible.”
When I turned 18, I got hit with all those taxes.
I filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy last year; now I’m already over $100,000 in debt.”
“It’s been really difficult for me.
I want to have a life set up.
I want to have a house.
My crippling debt says otherwise.
Say I did 78 episodes onReign; that pares out to $1.56 million for four years of work.
Except I have to pay rent in major cities, sometimes two cities at once.”
Then Adelaide described some additional costs that her job requires.
She said her publicist and social media team costs about $2,000 to $3,000 monthly.
And we do get residuals, but…
