I'm lucky that I can walk away from a job: Julianna Margulies on 'The Good Fight' pay dispute

Julianna Margulies' disagreement with bosses at CBS network about her pay in "The Good Wife" sequel did not break into the media from the word go.

The actor, who led the critically-acclaimed legal drama as housewife-turned-litigator Alicia Florrick for seven years, decided to break her silence as she gradually realised she was "covering up the reasons" for not starring in "The Good Fight".

"... Whenever I do press someone asks me, why aren't you going on 'The Good Fight'? I had already said yes to going on 'The Good Fight'. It was CBS's decision not to pay me my salary. I realised that I just wasn't doing any service to the other women in my business by staying quiet.

"I felt very good about finally just letting the truth out and saying it's not that I don't want to do the show, it's that CBS has chosen not to value my contribution to the show, and therefore I won't be doing it," Margulies told PTI in a telephonic interview from New York.

She said it was "not a feud" with CBS and she is currently in a deal with the network.

"We actually have a great relationship, but they need to be aware that women need to be treated equally to men."
"The truth of the matter is, this is the first scripted television show that Nat Geo has done where a woman was the lead, so that in and of itself is a huge feat I think for women in general. Rome wasn't built in a day, you know?