--- title: Susan Sarandon Says Paul Newman Used Salary for Equal Pay description: Susan Sarandon praised her former co-star, the late Paul Newman, for giving her part of his salary so she could get equal pay. canonical: https://time.com/5193280/susan-saradon-paul-newman-equal-pay/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-09T17:47:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:18.705Z og:title: Susan Sarandon Says Paul Newman Helped Her Get Equal Pay og:description: "He was a gem" og:url: https://time.com/5193280/susan-saradon-paul-newman-equal-pay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4eaf4ecc3834cb76/69892a48ab6d772e306b207a/susan-sarandon-paul-newman-equal-pay.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Paul Newman og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Susan Sarandon Says Paul Newman Helped Her Get Equal Pay twitter:description: "He was a gem" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4eaf4ecc3834cb76/69892a48ab6d772e306b207a/susan-sarandon-paul-newman-equal-pay.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Susan Sarandon Says Paul Newman Once Gave Her Part of His Salary So She Would Get Equal Pay ## Video: TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jbtW5SvJ.m3u8) (5:02)  _Published 2017-12-06. For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing all of us to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 9, 2018 5:47 PM UTC  UNITED STATES - Susan Sarandon and Paul Newman (Photo by The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) UNITED STATES - Susan Sarandon and Paul Newman (Photo by The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)Time & Life Pictures—The LIFE Picture Collection/Gett  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 9, 2018 5:47 PM UTC [Susan Sarandon](http://time.com/5112426/susan-sarandon-sunglasses-sag-awards-red-carpet-fashion-2018/) says that her former co-star, the late [Paul Newman](http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1845133,00.html), once gave her part of his salary so that she would get equal pay to him. In an interview with [_BBC 5_](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43330356), Sarandon shared a story about how Newman, who starred opposite her in 1998’s _Twilight_, opted to take a pay cut after he heard that she was being paid less than him and another male actor. “Emma Stone once came forward and said she got equal pay, because her male stars insisted upon it and gave up something of theirs,” Sarandon said. “That happened to me with Paul Newman at one point, when I did a film with him ages ago. They said it was ‘favored nations,’ but they only meant the two guys. He stepped forward and said, ‘Well I’ll give you part of mine,’ So, yeah, he was a gem.” Sarandon also discussed her thoughts on the [current movement to stop sexual misconduct in Hollywood](http://time.com/5189945/whats-the-difference-between-the-metoo-and-times-up-movements/) during her interview. While Sarandon said that she thinks there will “always be a casting couch,” she hopes that the dialogue happening now will mean that exchanges are consensual and safe. “I think what will go away is the unwanted exchange,” she said. “But I think that giving yourself sexually, or being drawn to power and wanting to have sex with someone that’s in power, is also a choice. What we don’t want to have is being exploited and have the Harvey Weinstein’s of the world holding it over your head and holding it over your project. 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