Academy Award nominated actress Emma Stone thinks there is "no excuse" for the gender pay gap to still be an issue saying "we should all be treated fairly and paid fairly."
The 27-year-old star said that while she has been fortunate to be paid the same amount of money as her male co-stars recently, she finds it "uncomfortable" to talk about the issue with her agents and lawyers.
"We should all be treated fairly and paid fairly," Stone told Vogue. "I've been lucky enough to have equal pay to my male co-stars. Not 'lucky'. I've had pay equal to my male co-stars in the past few films."
"But our industry ebbs and flows in a way that's like, 'How much are you bringing into the box office? How much are you the draw, or is the other person the draw?' I felt very uncomfortable talking to my agent or lawyer about it because I was like, 'Do people want to see me as much as they want to see Steve Carell?'," she said.
Stone described it as a "weird conversation to have" because it involves "trying to see oneself from the outside."
"What are we at [nationally]? Seventy-nine cents to the dollar? It's insane, there's no excuse for it anymore," she added.
