--- title: Emma Stone’s Male Co-Stars Took Pay Cuts So Everyone Could Have Equal Pay description: Emma Stone said that her male costars have taken pay cuts to ensure she has pay parity with them. authors: - name: Madeline Farber url: https://money.com/author/madeline-farber/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 11 covers: - Lifestyle - Career Advice - Housing - Investing - Personal Finance - Shopping - Technology former_staff: true published: '2017-07-07T15:03:45.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T06:14:03.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Emma Stone - Entertainment - Entertainment - Equal Pay - onetime word_count: 240 canonical: https://money.com/emma-stone-costars-pay-cut-equal-pay/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![89th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon - Arrivals](https://img.money.com/2017/02/emma-stone2.jpg) *BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 06: Actress Emma Stone attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 6, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)* While pay equity continues to [be a big problem in Hollywood,](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/29/hollywood-equal-pay-women-change-yet-to-come) Emma Stone's male co-stars are taking pay cuts to keep things equal. In an interview with [Out Magazine,](https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2017/7/06/emma-stone-andrea-riseborough-billie-jean-king-tennis-equality-battle-sexes) the actress revealed that some of her male co-stars have taken pay cuts to ensure she has pay parity with them. While she declined to name the actors, she did say they chose to do so because they felt "it's what's right and fair." "In my career so far, I’ve needed my male co-stars to take a pay cut so that I may have [parity](https://time.com/4350228/us-womens-soccer-judge-strike-pay-disparity/) with them," she said. "And that’s something they do for me because they feel it’s what’s right and fair. That’s something that’s also not discussed, necessarily: that our getting equal pay is going to require people to selflessly say, 'That’s what’s fair.'" According to the [*Guardian*](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/07/emma-stone-hollywood-pay-gap), Stone revealed the news during a roundtable discussion with actor Andrea Riseborough and former tennis player Billie Jean King, whom Stone portrays in the upcoming film *Battle of the Sexes.* "If my male co-star, who has a higher quote than me but believes we are equal, takes a pay cut so that I can match him, that changes my quote in the future and changes my life," she said. "It’s not about, 'Women are this and men are that.' 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