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Taraji P. Henson is letting her actuality as a working actor be identified.
In a recent interview with Gayle King on SiriusXM radio to advertise the movie model of the musical “The Shade Purple” during which Henson stars, she broke down in tears speaking about her profession.
Henson, who was nominated for a finest supporting actress Oscar for her function “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” stated individuals have informed her, “You’re employed so much.”
“I’ve to,” Henson defined.
“The mathematics ain’t mathing,” she stated. “And if you begin working so much, you could have a staff. Large payments include what we do. We don’t do that alone.”
“While you hear somebody go, ‘Such and such made $10 million,’ that didn’t make it to their account,” she continued.
“Off the highest, Uncle Sam is getting 50 p.c. Now (I) have $5 million,” she stated. “Your staff is getting 30 p.c off what you gross, not after what Uncle Sam took. Now do the maths.”
All of it made her emotional.
“I’m solely human and it appears each time I do one thing and I break one other glass ceiling, when it’s time to renegotiate I’m on the backside once more like I by no means did what I simply did,” Henson stated. “And I’m simply drained.”
She added, “This business, for those who let it, it’ll steal your soul, however I refuse to let that occur.”
“The Shade Purple” arrives in theaters Christmas Day. Henson stars as singer Shug Avery within the movie.