Amy Adams opens up about the Hollywood pay gap

Since the Sony hack and Patricia Arquette's groundbreaking Oscar speech, talk of the pay gap and pay inequality has reverberated in Hollywood (as well as the rest of the country). Jennifer Lawrence specifically shook the world up by penning an open letter on the issue in October of 2015, specifically referencing her discovery that she was paid less than her male co-stars in American Hustle.

Now Amy Adams, the other female lead from Hustle, is talking about the pay gap, too.

In an interview with GQ, Adams explained her feelings on the subject and why she hasn't said anything publicly before now.

“I didn’t speak about it before and I’m probably not going to speak about it forever, because I disagreed with . . . not Jennifer per se, but people who had opinions on how women should go about negotiating. The truth is we hire people to negotiate on our behalf, men and women . . . I knew I was being paid less and I still agreed to do it because the option comes down to do it or don’t do it. So you just have to decide if it’s worth it for you. It doesn’t mean I liked it.”

Ultimately, though, she had very positive things to say about the essay JLaw wrote:

“I’m really proud of Jennifer. What I liked (about the essay) is that it was not necessarily about getting paid, or not getting paid… It’s like (women) have been conditioned to not be controversial, to not cause problems. It’s about finding your voice.”

Jennifer Lawrence and Patricia Arquette speak out about equal pay