'When you put value into a person, it empowers that person to get in touch with their own inherent value. And then where do they put that value? The put it into their work.' Emmys
, and she used her acceptance speech to preach, well, acceptance.
After crediting her success portraying legendary Broadway dancer Gwen Verdon to the people behind the scenes who gave her access to the tools she needed in order to be the best she could be — everything from dance and voice lessons to better prosthetic teeth — Williams connected the dots between a welcoming work environment and the work that gets produced in said environment.
"I want to say thank you so much to FX and to Fox 21 Studios for supporting me completely and for paying me equally, because they understood that when you put value into a person, it empowers that person to get in touch with their own inherent value,” she said. “And then where do they put that value? The put it into their work.
The actress has used her platform to champion equal pay in the past. She unwittingly became a poster-woman for the the cause when news broke that during reshoots for 2017’s
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