Do you know how much money actors make? Anushka Sharma answers

Hollywood actress Patricia Arquette’s Oscars’ acceptance speech, which was heavy on feminism and emphasised the importance of equal wages for women in the film industry, has found acceptance closer home, too. Bollywood beauty Anushka Sharma recently shared her thoughts on the same.

Speaking to a daily, Sharma said, “It is very very unfair that we GET PAID the way we do. I think the disparity is way too much. We get paid like one fourth of what the men get paid. Secondly, our careers are much shorter. In that much time also, our expenses are a lot in terms of our clothes and this and that.

Almost 30 to 40 per cent of our expenditure goes in that. So, ultimately in that short time, you don’t really make that much money and it’s not fair because of the way in which they are getting compared. For example, a male actor might not be on the same level as you, but just because he is an actor, he will get paid more than you.”

The NH10 actress went on to add, “I wouldn’t be surprised if an A-list actress is GETTING PAID the same or lesser than maybe one of the newer guys who are coming in the industry.

Like a Varun (Dhawan) or something, I wouldn’t be surprised. So that is not fair.”

Anushka also spoke about how women are increasingly getting important to a film. “It is happening. These are all steps getting closer to that. They need to review it, now I think it’s changing. So, however it worked earlier, now I would just like them to sit and actually pay some attention to this. But then, you know, what has to happen is everyone needs to come and be united in this… You have a film like Queen that works only on Kangana and the story, or Mardaani or NH10. So the heroine is important,” the actress added.

Sharma is turning producer with her upcoming film NH10, which releases this week.