Danielle Brooks on Working in Hollywood: "Ya'll Need to Pay Us More!"  | Women in Entertainment 2024 - video Dailymotion

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Danielle Brooks opens up about what she's learned as a woman in Hollywood, telling the camera, "Ya'll do need to pay us more!" Plus, she praises Florence Pugh's performance in We Live in Time and says it's a role everything needs to see this year.

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00:00Oh my gosh, you look so incredible.

00:02Thank you, so do you.

00:04Oh, you know, we have to. It's a breakfast gala.

00:07Yes, I'm wearing Vida Hoft, even though it's a breakfast gala. I came with gloves, honey.

00:11You have to, you have to.

00:13This is one thing, we're going to show up and we're going to show out.

00:15That's right, especially if you get us up this early.

00:18A hundred percent.

00:19Listen, we're in a room with such incredible women, yourself included.

00:22What is it like to be a part of this sisterhood right now?

00:25Oh, it's great, especially because it's honest and true.

00:28I'm seeing women that I love, like Kerry Washington, who just got her star,

00:32and Natasha Rothwell, who has her show on Hulu.

00:34It's a day to really celebrate women.

00:37And then also women that I haven't met yet, like Selena Gomez and Nicole Kidman.

00:41I'm really inspired by them being moguls and doing their thing.

00:45So it's a day of inspiration and celebration.

00:48Speaking of sisterhood and women empowerment,

00:51your friend and your Broadway co-star, Cynthia Erivo,

00:55she's been having the year of her life with Wicked right now.

00:58Have you been able to see it?

00:59And how proud are you of her seeing her on screen in that role?

01:02Of course I went to go see Wicked, of course!

01:05I was there actually with one of our other co-stars from Color Purple on Broadway,

01:10and we just bawled our eyes out.

01:12And I called her immediately, and we FaceTimed,

01:14and I just was screaming over the phone,

01:16just so excited for her that she's having this moment,

01:18because that girl works hard.

01:20And even Ariana too, Ariana's killing it.

01:23She did an amazing job.

01:24And John Chu, everybody, everybody.

01:26It's such an incredible movie.

01:28What is another female-led performance that's come out in this past year

01:32that you really need everyone to see?

01:34Oh man, that's a good question.

01:37Gosh, I wish I could remember this movie.

01:39I just saw two things.

01:42What is the name?

01:45Um, what's...

01:50Oh my gosh, I'm blanking.

01:54I'm so mad about this.

01:57Pew. Florence Pew.

02:01We Live in Time?

02:02We Live in Time.

02:04I just watched her performance. We Live in Time.

02:07And Sister Girl did a phenomenal job.

02:09I was very proud of her too, because I don't think she's had kids at all.

02:12But she had a pregnancy scene where she delivered the baby,

02:15and I was like, go ahead, girl!

02:17That looked real! You acting!

02:19Because that's actually really hard to do.

02:21But they were wonderful, and she was wonderful.

02:24So that's a performance I definitely think is worth watching.

02:27And finally, we're of course also celebrating how far we've come

02:30as women in entertainment.

02:32What's one thing that you would tell your younger self

02:34about being a woman in entertainment?

02:37Well, for me, it's been amazing being a woman in entertainment

02:40because I, for the first time, have seen myself in this.

02:45There's a lot of women I've looked up to,

02:47but they didn't quite align.

02:50Maybe they were even too old, or maybe their skin wasn't as dark,

02:53or they weren't as curvy.

02:55So to be the person that I wanted to see growing up is so crucial.

02:58And now, knowing that I'm not the only one,

03:01there are so many women that look like me in Hollywood that are thriving,

03:04is really exciting.

03:06But y'all do need to pay us more. Thank you.

Danielle Brooks on Working in Hollywood: "Ya'll Need to Pay Us More!" | Women in Entertainment 2024

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