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  • My male counterpart will get paid ten times more than me - 10 times. Not double, but 10 times for the same job. We only have this much left for the female actress. I mean, there’s two genders on this Earth. Both are compelling, interesting, diverse, wonderful in all their own separate ways. And yet there’s an influx of male roles and there's just not for women.

    "Hilary Swank on Why Hollywood Still Favors Men and Her 60-Eggs-a-Day Diet for 'Million Dollar Baby'". Hilary Swank's speech to the students at the Loyola Marymount University School of Film & TV in Los Angeles, California, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 12, 2014.