For decades, Taraji P. Henson It was said that her strength of the star had limits, especially abroad.

However, the award-winning actress is now breaking myths, speaking against the inequality in the salary and returning its power.

At the Fendovian Festival in Cannes, Henson delivered one of the most desired thinking about being a black woman in Hollywood and why he is done.

Henson recently took a break to change his life from Hollywood, stepped back from work to spend a month on Bali.

Burned and discouraged, the actress felt the growth of bitterness that she did not recognize in himself.

During the Film Festival in Cannes, she talked to Stacy L. Smith, the establishment of Annenberg Inclusion initiative, for Kering Women in the negotiation and shared the details of her trip to Bali and why she left Hollywood.

"I was only frustrated and made me outraged, and I am not a bitter person," she admitted Diversity. .

For years, for years, films and television emissions have been focused on black characters, especially international, do not resonate globally.

That myth was broken during the journalists' tour for the "Empire", a show that made her character Cookie Global Sensation.

"When I did an international press for" Empire, "by that until then, I was told that black was not translated abroad," she said. "Really? We went to Paris. Lee Daniels kept me in secret to the audience at Q & A. The fans started asking cookies and he said," Why don't you ask her. " "Before he could end up saying my name, the whole room broke out in Applause and screamed. For me? I got up on stage and I cried ugly."

She added, "Myth broke. You lied to me for the whole career. I leave the stage and there are fans outside who know my name. It changed the game."

Although Hollywood often emphasizes rewards and recognition, Henson decided to increase his goals to reasons that she became an actress in the first place.

"Sometimes in the industry, you assemble the trophies and awards and I have never entered it," she explained. "I entered this to change my lives. The art saved me. I was a small black girl in a hood in DC during the crack epidemic. I shouldn't have done."

Therefore, Henson no longer wants to hunt outward validation.

Instead, she was diving in projects that are harmonized with their spirit and give her a purpose.

Henson also sincerely talked about pay inequality, revealing that the year accepted the year they accepted less than she deserved, but they wouldn't do anymore.

"I spent years that I was graceful in salary less than. No no anymore!" She declared.

After returning from Bali, she began investing more in her beauty brand, TPH and other endeavors. "Instead of relying on that check from Hollywood," she added, "first pigeon head."

She emphasized the importance of self-evaluation and encouraging women in industry to recognize their own power.

"Please all talk to yourself," she said. "I was doing my butt to throw the next one I have. My next rides for me. It's the audience I got through my hard work and the characters I play."