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Gwyneth Paltrow is a lot of things. She’s a businesswoman, an Oscar winner, and a global Marvel star. Most Hollywood fans know that she comes from a family of industry professionals. Her father, Bruce Paltrow, produced and directed multiple well-known projects, while her mother, Blythe Danner, was an actress.
As such, she isn’t exactly self-made. Also, most people certainly won’t consider her poor or even anywhere near that level. After all, as per Celebrity Net Worth she is worth $200 million. In 2019, her brand, Goop, was estimated at a whopping $250 million. But Paltrow says the opposite.
Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals She Couldn’t Support Herself By Just Acting
“I’ll tell you why I basically stopped making money from acting in 2002. All the things I’ve done since then have been things I’ve really wanted to do, and I have not made money from them.”
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“Good question. I spent it on shoes. No. Well, I had saved money, but I bought a house, and I never made Julia Roberts kind of money. I made really great money, but not the kind of money …”
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The interviewer then asked Paltrow what has been her highest payday for a role. But the actress didn’t give out that information. Here’s what the site wrote about that curious interaction:“She (Gwyneth Paltrow) won’t tell me the most she’s ever been paid for a role. I say I read somewhere it was $2m. She looks mildly perturbed. Is that offensively low? ‘No, not at all,’ she says vaguely. “That’s what you read? Well, it’s more than that.”To add to this, theIron Manstar is also supposedly a self-made woman.
Gwyneth Paltrow Believes She’s A Self-Made Star Inspite Of Rich Lineage
In an interview with Glamour, Gwyneth Paltrow expressed that most people know a false fact about her. They think that she’s rich. But the star actually had to work hard to establish herself as an actress and as per her,Bruce Paltrow, her director and producer father refused to help her. Paltrow said:
“People think, ‘She’s just a rich kid,’ Until I was 18, I was. Then I was broke. I’ve never taken a dime off my parents. I’m completely self-made… I went to UC Santa Barbara, and when I quit to try to be an actress, my dad was like, ‘That’s great, but I’m not gonna help you.”
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TheAvengers: Endgameactress first thought her father was joking. But she quickly realized that he was dead serious and wasn’t planning on budging from his plans. Paltrow elaborated and said,“I was like, ‘Yeah, right.’ And he was like, ‘No, I’m not.’ So I got an apartment with a roommate; I worked as a hostess at a restaurant; I would scrounge quarters to buy Starbucks—and walk there to save gas.”
TheProofactress further said that all her dad did was offer her dinner when she was in a dire situation and nothing more. She said,“I remember once asking my dad for money, like, ‘Please, I’m really stuck. Can you help?’ And he said, ‘You’re more than welcome to come over for dinner.’ That was it.”The actress has certainly done well for herself since then and lives a rich life now.
Source:GlamourandThe Guardian
Ishita Chatterjee
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Ishita is an Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows, with over 700 articles published. She has been working in the entertainment and pop-culture niche for more than 4 years. With a English Literature degree, Ishita generally covers news and analyses on Foundation, Ted Lasso, Severance, and more.A lifelong DC fan, Ishita spends her time watching and re-watching everything in the DC universe (yes, even including the Arrowverse shows).
