‘The Color Purple’: Oprah Winfrey Reveals The Small Paycheck She Got For Oscar-Nominated Performance As Sofia
deadline.comOprah Winfrey is a media mogul but before achieving all of that she starred in The Color Purple back in 1985. Her performance as Sofia in the Steven Spielberg-directed film went on to earn her a nomination at the Oscars.
Ahead of the film adaptation of The Color Purple musical, which Winfrey produces, she is looking back and remembering the amount of money she got for her role as Sofia.
Although the paycheck wasn’t huge, Winfrey says the experience was life-changing. “I can’t even begin to tell you what it means to me — a person who wanted nothing more in my life than to be in The Color Purple,” Winfrey told Essence magazine in an interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike. “God taught me to surrender — that was the big lesson for me,” Oprah said. “They were only offering $35,000 to be in this film, and it is the best $35,000 I ever earned.
It changed everything and taught me so much. It is God moving through my life.” Danielle Brooks is now taking over the role of Sofia for the musical film that opens on Christmas Day and is grateful for the road Winfrey has paved. “I just want to thank you, Ms.
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