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Originally Posted by Sly
Oscar nominations do not equal high pay. Look at all of the Grammy WINNERS that are dirt broke.
They are awards that have no cash value. In her case, it wasn't even an award, it was a nomination.
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Actually, I saw an interview with Sean Penn a while back when someone asked him what having an Oscar nomination meant to him and he said it would allow him to double his fee.
A Grammy is a different situation because the music industry is very much a commission based business. You make money from selling records and tickets to concerts. With acting you are hired to be in a movie and (unless you are getting a piece of the profit) you get paid up front before the cameras even begin to role and often times you can do a great job in a movie and the movie still doesn't do well at the box office.
All that said, it is still a results based business. If you are in a couple of big blockbuster movies you are likely going to get paid more than someone else who was in smaller movies that were more critically acclaimed.