Patricia Arquette calls for gender equality as she accepts the Best Actress Award for her role in Richard Linklater's "Boyhood."
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Arquette's Oscar speech at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday Feb. 22 at Dolby Theater in Los Angeles California, primarily focused on equality for women.
She calls to all women and citizens of the United States to fight equal rights for all. "It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America."
The site also mentioned that Patricia Arquette Oscar speech gains online supporters and commentators, including Valerie Jarette, the senior advisor to United States President Barack Obama, who wrote on her Twitter: "Congrats @PattyArquette! Thx for using your speech to advocate for #EqualPay and for understanding that when women succeed, America succeeds."
Furthermore, Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez was amazed on the "Boyhood" star statement and automatically give Arquette a round of applause.
According to the Daily Mail, the 46-year-old actress said that equal means equal, but the reality is the older the women, the less money they make. She also added that women in America does not have equal rights because the constitution was not intended for women.
Moreover, the Variety revealed that between June 2012 and June 2013, the Hollywood's ten highest paid actors earned $455 million while the highest paid actress earned $181 million collectively. In addition, it is said that most of the female stars earned significantly less when they reach the age of 34.
Meanwhile, Arquette has already won on Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Awards, Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA. Her next project will be the "CSI: Cyber" which is set to debut in March on CBS.
This year's Best Actress is Julianne Moore for her role on "Still Alice" while Best Actor is Eddie Redmayne of "The Theory of Everything" and the Best Supporting Actor is J.K. Simmons of "Whiplash."
