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“The average woman loses a half million dollars over a lifetime, but women with higher degrees lose $2 million over a lifetime.”

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Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette is an American actress born on April 8, 1968. She is known for her outstanding performances in various film and television projects, with her most famous role being Jenny Curran in 'Forrest Gump'. Arquette has received numerous awards for her acting, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. more

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“We have Latinas in California making 55 cents on the dollar. Black women making 63 cents on the dollar. White women making 78 cents on the dollar. It doesn't change very much year by year, it might go up or down a penny, but oftentimes, the years that it goes up are the same years that men are making a little bit more. It's pretty much always in proportion.”

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“It concerns me when people frame the conversation about equal pay about the entertainment business. I don't want the wage gap issue to be viewed as this myopic problem, because it's not. It's in 98 percent of all businesses, and it's easy for people to dismiss this conversation when they think it's around white women entertainers. But this is about all women in America.”

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“We have states that are throwing away the DNA of rapists. How can a woman be so inconsequential, that we as a nation aren't standing up and doing something about this intimate, violent act?”

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“I know that I've had a very fortunate life, but also I think my job as an actor is to connect emotionally to human beings.”

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“I was a single mom at 20. A lot of choices came out of that. I've seen a lot of my friends be in relationships they didn't want to be in because they couldn't leave.”

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“A lot of being an actor is being something that people imagine you to be.”

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“If you emote in your performances, people feel connected to you as an emotional person, because that's how we communicate. That doesn't mean people know you. At a certain point, I think you have to just be your own self.”

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