Lisa Kudrow Explains Why Actors Should Push for Big Salaries
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Lou Rocco/ABC(NEW YORK) — In 1996, the cast of Friends joined together to demand $100,000 per episode each. They got it and, according to Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe in the series, they were justified in asking for it.
“The rationale is that the show is actually generating an enormous amount of money, and that…it’s affordable to whichever entity has to pay it,” she told the Huffington Post. “For any actor, you should try to get as much as you can because you never know when you’re time’s up.”
Kudrow, 51, whose show The Comeback is returning to HBO on Nov. 9, explained that actors are “basically freelance” even if they’re contract. And, in many cases, their participation in the show is a key component in the series’ success.
“I don’t think it’s out of line to ask that, you know, ‘Make me a partner in this endeavor in some way,'” she said.
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